Hi Jim,

This discussion has been taking place over the last number of months in other forums on the 'net - particularly in regard to .NET. I didn't see the clause the sparked the argument but there was a discussion around whether or not distribution of binaries created using a MS technology was permitted to non MS platforms. I don't remember the outcome of the discussion but it was pretty vitriolic.

Some people take the view that this is unenforceable as MS are forcing people to use/buy one product in order to use another product. Coming from an organisation that has already been convicted of monopoly practices I doubt that they'd be able to enforce it for long before it gets challenged.

Regards,

Liam





>My April MSDN shipment arrived today and in it was a new EULA.
>In reading it I noticed some qualifications on distribution that limits such to operation on Windows platforms only.
>
>So I went back and read the VFP8 license and this is what I found (bolding is mine):
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>3. DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER LICENSE RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS. If you choose to exercise your rights under Section 2, any redistribution by you is subject to your compliance with Section 3.1; some of the Redistributable Code has additional limited use rights described in Section 3.2.
>3.1 General Distribution Requirements.
>(a) If you choose to redistribute Sample Code, or Redistributable Code (collectively, the “Redistributables”) as described in Section 2, you agree: (i) except as otherwise noted in Section 2.1 (Sample Code), to distribute the Redistributables only in object code form and in conjunction with and as a part of a software application product developed by you that adds significant and primary functionality to the Redistributables (“Licensee Software”); (ii) that the Redistributables only operate in conjunction with Microsoft Windows platforms; (iii) that if the...
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>Does this mean that running under Linux is not permitted?