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From: Gordon Darling on 6 Mar 2010 19:19 On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:31:47 -0600, bearbottoms wrote: > On 06 Mar 2010 21:31:35 GMT, Gordon Darling <me(a)privacy.net> said: >> > Everything that runs on Windows needs the OS, which is licensed, > to run. > > > > >> Not if you run it on Wine. > > You aren't running it on Windows then...can you read BUT you wrote "Everything that runs on Windows needs the OS, which is licensed, to run." can YOU read -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works.
From: Susan Bugher on 6 Mar 2010 19:31 �Q� wrote: > In <news:hmuaok$tc6$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >> On 03/06/2010 10:18 AM, Phil wrote: >>> Ive never YET found any freeware that needed a "liscenced Windows" >> Internet Explorer, e.g. > Since that's not freeware, Phil still hasn't yet found any. ;) Define Freeware. If someone uses a definition of Freeware that encompasses programs that fall off the back of a truck then any and all programs are Freeware. OTOH. . . *IF* by definition "Freeware is legally obtainable software that you may use at no cost, monetary or otherwise, for as long as you wish." *THEN* any program with a EULA that requires you to have a "licensed Windows OS" BY DEFINITION is not Freeware. and Phil is saying he's never found a unicorn. ;) Susan -- Posted to alt.comp.freeware Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online): http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:alt.comp.freeware Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)
From: KristleBawl on 6 Mar 2010 19:39 Craig expressed an opinion: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Craig wrote: >>> Phil wrote: >>>> Ive never YET found any freeware that needed a "liscenced >>>> Windows" >>> >>> Internet Explorer, e.g. >> >> Everything that runs on Windows needs the OS... > > That's demonstrably false, BB. We talked about this already. > >> ...which is licensed, to run. > > There are any number of applications written for MSOS which can run > on top of other Operating Systems. A small subset of these > applications, such as Internet Explorer, requires that you have a > Windows OS license. This is a licensing requirement, not a technical > requirement. > > hth, IE8 EULA states: MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT WINDOWS INTERNET EXPLORER 8 FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS VISTA, WINDOWS SERVER 2003, AND WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Microsoft Corporation (or based on where you live, one of its affiliates) licenses this supplement to you. If you are licensed to use Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 software (for which this supplement is applicable) (the �software�), you may use this supplement. You may not use it if you do not have a license for the software. You may use this supplement with each validly licensed copy of the software. Internet Explorer is *not* freeware, it's a supplement to the Windows OS and bundled with the windows OS, except in the EU. It is available online as a download intended for upgrading or reinstalling on Windows OS computers by Windows OS customers. -- "Foolproof" systems ignore the ingenuity of fools. KristleBawl's Taglines by Tagzilla 0.066.2 http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla Instabird development http://www.instantbird.com/
From: Craig on 6 Mar 2010 20:22 On 03/06/2010 05:17 PM, Bear Bottoms wrote: > =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?=<boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in > news:20100306173915.5bc0de78(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net: > >> In<news:hmuaok$tc6$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Craig<netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 03/06/2010 10:18 AM, Phil wrote: >>>> Ive never YET found any freeware that needed a "liscenced Windows" >>> >>> Internet Explorer, e.g. >> >> Since that's not freeware, Phil still hasn't yet found any. ;) >> >> > > Will you admit that you are one of the forgers Craig...before I expose > you? You've been smoking your own merchandise boy. -- -Craig
From: Susan Bugher on 6 Mar 2010 20:53
Bear Bottoms wrote: > <SNIP> I disagree with you. That's a given. ;) Susan -- Posted to alt.comp.freeware Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online): http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:alt.comp.freeware Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained) |