On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
> >
> > It's all related to licencing or in the above case, contractual
> > agreements. This might seem unlrelated, but Microsoft actually tell you
> > what you can and cannot do with their software, as another example.
> > You *cannot* run MS products on any O/S besides Windows, according to
> > their licencing agreements.
>
> Really? Does this mean that Wine is illegal?
A Windows emulator is not illegal.
But the use to which it is put may violate a licencing
agreement. Violation of a licencing agreement is not
a criminal offense, and hence not illegal.
The only course of action I could see for a company like
MS who feels that you have violated their licence agreement,
IMHO, would be to sue for damages. That I'd like to see ;)
Similar in nature to violation of copyright. Not an offense
under any act - rather, a civil wrong that can only be redressed
through remedial action in the courts. An unconfirmed report I
heard last week indicated that Microsoft is now spear-heading
a lobby to make copyright infringements ILLEGAL in Australia.
Think about that one for a moment <sigh>
Cheers
Rick W
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