> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:27 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Another Light goes out > <snip> > > Is it legal for you to download .net without owning a windoze license > and then to run it under, e.g., ODIN, wine? If not, then it is not > free. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
Ok. That is one valid definition of "free". IANAL, but looking here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994405.aspx it says: <quote> Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable EULA ... NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT" (MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS ME, WINDOWS NT 4.0 (DESKTOP EDITION), WINDOWS 2000 OPERATING SYSTEM, WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL AND/OR WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION), YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA. </quote> >From this, I would say: "No, you cannot install the downloadable .net >framework on anything other than a properly licensed MS-Windows system". So, from your definition, .net is not free. >From the other person's definition, which is not the same as yours, then .net >is free in that it is "no additional cost" and little effort to download and >install. This is the standard argument of libre vs. gratis within the GNU/Linux community. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
