You didn't know about that? Basically yes they can forbid that kind of
thing. They're Microsoft after all, so they can get away with being
blatently anticompetitive. This was on /. a while back.
--MonMotha
Michael Ableyev wrote:
"Except as otherwise permitted by the NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and Remote
Desktop features described below, you may not use
the Product [XP] to permit any Device to use, access, display or run other
executable software residing on the Workstation Computer,
nor may you permit any Device to use, access, display, or run the Product or
Product's user interface, unless the Device has a
separate license for the Product."
According to this, things like VNC or RAdmin are illegal on XP. Can they forbid
you to run software on XP that's otherwise perfectly
legal?
src: [http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/05/27/020527opwinman.xml]
