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MS FrontPage Restricts Free Speech II (It's True!)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the on-and-on-and-on dept.

A mild controvery occured yesterday in a story claiming Microsoft prohibits anti-ms speech if you use Frontpage. Here is a followup submitted by Reyacta from the original author: "Several readers have told me their EULA for FrontPage 2002 does not contain the no-disparaging-MS term, or that the term only applies to the FrontPage logo or to the Web components like the MSNBC news headline component. Just to be sure, this afternoon I went down to the store and bought a copy of FrontPage 2002 myself. In the box was the "Microsoft Frontpage 2002" license on a four-page folded sheet, titled "End- User License Agreement For Microsoft Software." Under Section #1, Grant of License, the second paragraph headed "Restrictions" states in part: "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services, infringe any intellectual property or other rights of these parties, violate any state, federal or international law, or promote racism, hatred or pornography." (Not only a stunning example of legal overreaching, in my opinion, but very poor grammar as well.) It appears to me to clearly apply to use of the program as a whole and not just the logo or Web components. I suspect that there are different versions of the EULA of FrontPage 2002. Perhaps the license was updated for the most recent SKU, or versions obtained through different channels don't yet have it. I'm going to try to get Microsoft to clarify where this EULA does and doesn't appear, but I'm not sure they will be very anxious to provide me with that information. Reply to Ed Foster."

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  1. Re:On the Plus Side... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You should ask for a definition of what they mean by pornography.. Can you show titties?

  2. Re:Shyit, so what? Dis be da history of muh family by 13013dobbs · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    niggers are easier to make fun of cause they act funny.

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  3. Somebody Mod-slay this Troll by kaladorn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The world seems full enough of f*cking idiots.

    We hardly need to encourage them.

    Mod the moronic parents of this post to /dev/null.

    Fortunately, the greatest weakness in racist bullsh*t is the low IQ of those that spout it.

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  4. Re:What is the big deal by cybrthng · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You have to remember, this is slashdot. Nothing is ever well thought out and people don't think for themselves anymore.

    The anonymous cowards aren't even funny anymore..

  5. what next? by streetlawyer · · Score: 4, Flamebait

    Yeah, and pretty soon Linux will release a licence that means any time you use Open Source software, all the software you write with it has to be Open Source too .... hang on, wait a minute ....

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  6. so what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the poster comment compression filter restricts free speech also, but i don't see any slashfucks bitching about that.

    oh well va linux is almost out of business, you won't be so high and mighty then.

  7. Re:...Fool me twice, shame on me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, and look! I think I just saw bigfoot run by! And, by the way, the moon walk was a hoax!

    Just another faggot conspiracy theorist ass licker.