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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But you are NOT buying by Archfeld · 2001-09-20 04:52 · Score: 1, Redundant

frontpage just licensing the use of the code for WAY too much money. It seems illegal to me as well but I cannot see the ARMY of lawyers M$ has letting somthing that silly slip by.

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How do they get away with this? by D3 · 2001-09-20 04:57 · Score: 1, Redundant

How does M$ get away with this?
If Ford/Chevy/Dodge made buyers sign an agreement that said you can't bad-mouth their car/suv after you bought it they'd be in a world of trouble.

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