>>>The license agreement for VFP 7, 8, and 9 only allow VFP apps to run on Windows -- it explicitly restricts running on other OSs. I believe that VFP 6 is the last license that did not have this restriction.
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>>Hmm, I thought that restriction was introduced in VFP9, in response to Whil's experiments with VFP on Linux.
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>>e.g. Message#996196
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>>IAC, my understanding is there is nothing preventing anyone from installing and running their legal copy of VFP on Linux - the restriction is against runtime-only apps.
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>This would be the relevant clause, I think: you agree . . . that the Redistributables only operate in conjunction with Microsoft Windows platforms...
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>I thought that clause meant that you agree that the redistributables were not written to run on other platforms (ie - that they only run on Windows platforms) and that if there is a problem, then it's your problem. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been written as you agree . . . that the Redistributables may not be shipped to be run on platforms other than Microsoft Windows platforms. At best, it's ambiguous - which is usually a good thing from the point of view of the party that did not draft the contract.

I agree. I've always thought that any decent lawyer could fight that....where is JVP when we need him? hahahaha