[wellylug] Windows on Linux

[jumbophut]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:51:11 -0700 (PDT), Wood Brent wrote:
> "You may  ... install a copy  ... to allow other computers to use the SOFTWARE
> PRODUCT over an internal network... However you must aquire and dedicate a
> licence .... for each computer on which the software product is used"
> 
[snip]

I don't see how that rules out using PC Anywhere or VNC.  Unlike a
terminal server product, you can't run many copies of the same
software.  If I am running VNC on machine Y and using Word on machine
X, nobody else is using that Word executable -- even the person
sitting at machine X can't use it, since I've captured the
mouse/keyboard.  The software product is only being used on one
machine -- Machine X -- by one user -- me -- and I just have a
'window' to that computer from elsewhere.

> With PC Anywhere, a few too many years ago, I was told by MSNZ to warn
> customers that they were technically in breach of the EULA. I was also told
> that MS was not likely to take any action in such cases, as this was not the
> intent of the licence. 

I think they were wrong about the technical breach anyway.  

-- 
Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')