Microsoft FrontPage License Prohibits Anti-Microsoft Speech

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Microsoft FrontPage License Prohibits Anti-Microsoft Speech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday September 20, 2001 @04:43AM from the you-gotta-be-kidding dept.

According to this story running at Info World, the license from FrontPage 2002 contains a clause that says 'You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ...' An unfortunate clause that will prevent me from my long term plan of migrating Slashdot to Frontpage (cough). There's lots of other nastiness in this article too. Can anyone find that specific clause? Can anyone find the EULA itself? Update: 09/20 18:10 GMT by T : According to reader bteutsch "FWIW, the clause appears only in the EULA agreement for use of the FrontPage Logo, not with the product or server extensions license."

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I miss my home! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 04:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Katy, I miss you too! I love you forever!
1. Re:I miss my home! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 04:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Me too. I love her really hard last night when I shot my load up her ass and watched it leak out. Damn, she is one loose bitch!
Does this mean by canning · 2001-09-20 04:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

'You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ...'
If the public were to follow this the only site using FrontPage would be Microsoft. They continually blow sunshine up their own asses.

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... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 04:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Frontpage is crappy anyways... Use Dreamweaver, or better yet, USE HTML
Interesting experiment. by Black+Parrot · 2001-09-20 04:52 · Score: 3, Offtopic

If there's anyone here with that product and no great love for Microsoft, set up a "lauds" page that the average reader will immediately detect as being sarcastic (like the famous Micorsoft/Space Cadet page), but be careful to say nothing overtly critical. Then see whether they come after you.

I'd volunteer, but they haven't released the Linux version yet.

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Re:That's the last straw, get rid of EULAs by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 04:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You DON'T own it, Slash-hole. Commercial software is generally LICENSED, not SOLD.
Someone needs to test this! by mjh · 2001-09-20 04:56 · Score: 2, Offtopic

Someone who actually uses Front Page needs to test this. They need to create a site that criticizes Microsoft, and loudly proclaims that the site uses Front Page. This someone has to have enough money to be able to defend themselves and then test this. This has *got* to be an unreasonable clause to put in a license agreement, and needs to be tested.

I officially un-volunteer! (Not enough $$)

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MOD THE PARENT TO +5, FUNNY!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 05:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Not only is he correct in his post. But The part about blowing sunshine up their own ass is just comedic gold.

Just The Penis Birds Ma'am

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Re:That's the last straw, get rid of EULAs by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 05:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't spoil his illusion.
The most important thing is that by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 05:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

BSD is still dying
Is it just me... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 05:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...or have mod points suddenly become incredibly scarce?