Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

2009-06-28 Thread David Woolley
I've been using GAIM to access .NET Messenger from Linux, but have just upgraded my Windows partition to XP. When I tried to log in to MSN Messenger, it said there was a mandatory upgrade, which I downloaded. I am one of those people who actually reads small print, so I read the licence

Re: Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

2009-06-28 Thread Brian Morrison
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:26:38 +0100 David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: Is there any news on this restriction? Yes. MS wants you to use their software only, both to kill off the competition and to allow you to be advertised at until you expire. Pidgin has been created by

Re: Legality of .NET Messenger (MSN Messenger) with Pidgin/GAIM

2009-06-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello David, Am 2009-06-28 09:26:38, schrieb David Woolley: I've been using GAIM to access .NET Messenger from Linux, but have just upgraded my Windows partition to XP. When I tried to log in to MSN Messenger, it said there was a mandatory upgrade, which I downloaded. I am one of those