On 26 Sep 01 at 22:58, Sam Heywood wrote:
>>> Some MS software carries license restrictions prohibiting criticism of
>>> Microsoft, and Front Page could not be used to produce a Web site putting
>>> Microsoft in a bad light.
>>
>>I don't think such a license restriction would be held as legal if
>>challenged in court. It seems to be an abridgement of free speech.
I'm hardly and expert but, tort liability settlements in US Federal
and individual state courts routinely (probably almost all) have non-
disclosure aggreements where all parties are forbidden to
publicly disclose the terms of the settlement. Since these
settlements are enforced by these same courts it almost certainly be
well established that such agreements are constitutional. Also
employment aggreements in business often include similar non-
disclosure aggreements restrict the freedom of speech of former
employees. Freedom of speech, like most rights, are not absolute.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
I'm not tense, just terribly alert.
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