On 14/04/05 10:25 -0700, Abhishek Daga wrote: > I got this from the Codeweavers site. > An excerpt available at: > http://www.codeweavers.com/products/licensing/ > > Q) Can Microsoft prevent CodeWeavers' customers from running Microsoft > applications on Linux? > "A. No. Microsoft's end-user licenses do not preclude operating their > applications under other operating systems. Were Microsoft to attempt to > prohibit such usage, by requiring that Microsoft products be run only on > the Windows OS, they would be in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. > The Sherman Act precludes making the usage of a non-monopoly product > dependent on the purchase of a monopoly product. Microsoft has been > convicted of monopolist practices under the Sherman Act regarding > their operating systems. As a result, they cannot legally make Microsoft > Office dependent on having a Windows OS license." > > So on similar lines if any software vendor also says that their products > will be supported only on a particular platform, would they be violating > any Indian Law?" >
No. Note that "supported" != "run". You can _run_ Office, just don't ask MS for help. > I know we have MRTP but does it apply to the case above? Only if the vendor is a monopoly and tying two different products together. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
