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

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."

Comments

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Those damned terrorists just took out the Empire State Building and Sears towers! The Empire State Building is still standing but the Sears went down 35 minutes after it was hit. There are also reports of a gas attack on Boston. Another plane was shot down on its way to the capital.

Yahoo has the terrible details here.

*** UPDATE ***

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I can't write anymore sorry

Re:My Comment License:

[Anonymous Coward]

But can we call you a cock-sucking jizz-monkey for posting it? How about a cum-slurping Nazi-fucking whore who eats his own sister's pussy? Or is that too disparaging?

Is a reply considered a comment upon your comment? Oh my God, did I just break your EULA??!!

*shits his pants*

Fuck you, Slashdot.

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, instead of constantly bashing MS, why don't you do something more productive like inspiring the Linux community to put together some high quality products that the average joe shmoe would use.

But no, Slashdot is all in it for the money and they figure they get more traffic/postings by ensuing riots on their messageboard instead of trying to make a change to benefit all PC users.

So?

[Vain]

Stop bitching and don't use it then. Nobody is forcing you to use such a horribly proprietary extensions based web creation utility. Use HTML or XML, I don't think they've put any EULA's on those just yet. Or hell, use GoLive or even Netscape Composer. Just don't act so surprised that their legal department slipped this by.