Kevin Old wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I'm not worried about Linux. I'm a linux nut and > have been working with it for years. I'm worried about Windows. > > For instance, a client machine requests something from the Win2k box. > The request is received at the Linux box. > The Linux box passes and receives the request to the Win2k box. > The Linux box returns the data to the client machine. > > Given this senario, do I need client licenses for the Win2k Server if they > are not going to be directly connecting to the Win2k box.
You might need a lawyer, but my guess is yes, you will need client licenses. You'll have to read the (relevant) Windows licenses very carefully. There might be a loophole in a chain of reasoning that tries to say there is only one client of the Windows box, it is the Linux box -- all the other clients are clients of the Linux box, but *Microsoft* and *loophole* don't go together. Randy Kramer
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