[nzlug] Where to start... where to start...

[SIMON WALKDEN]

Microsoft doesn't sell IE - it is a value-adding addition to their
operating systems. I have heard mention from many Microsoft staff (on
various forums) that IE, along with msn messenger, loses Microsoft a
considerable sum per annum.

I do not believe anyone, anywhere has ever been sued/sent threatening
letters for 'pirating' IE.

The fact that you are writing code specifically to run on Microsoft's
browser would surely give you the right to use it, even if only for
testing purposes.

Just my two cents.

- Simon

On Feb 11, 2008 8:30 PM, yuri <yuridg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/02/2008, t94xr wrote:
> > But then again, Microsoft can't stop users using ie4linux on computers
> > with no windows licence...
> >
> > or find them, know about them.
> > Microsoft has never been that much interested in the use of IE which
> > violates the EULA, just Windows.
>
> Yes, but it's the principle that counts.
> How can GNU/FOSS zealots take the moral high ground if they are
> involved in copyright infringement?
> I wouldn't call myself a zealot, but I don't infringe software. I
> don't need to - every type of software I require is available from
> people who have generously licensed their works to the general public.
>
>
> Yuri
>
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