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On 28 Mar 2002 10:05:20 -0800, mrfredbloggs AT altavista DOT co DOT uk (Fred Bloggs)
wrote:

>CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message news:<3CA2E3A7 DOT D9B183F0 AT yahoo DOT com>...
>> Terje Mathisen wrote:
>> > 
>> > Buried within the Windows XP licence is a statement that makes it
>> > explicitely illegal to use any form of remote control sw not on a
>> > pre-approved list (only MS apps are on this list: Suprised?).
>> > 
>> > If you still want to do it, you must first buy a separate XP
>> > licence for each system that might use VNC or similar sw to take
>> > control of the XP machine!
>> 
>> Forwarded from alt.folklore.computers without further comment.
>
>Makes it illegal?! Cool! Can they pass whatever laws they like now,
>just by sticking it in a contract?

That is what they are trying to do.


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