NY AG Sues Network Associates Over License Terms

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 7, 2002 @01:21PM from the what-sort-of-license-is-viral-again dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Excite is running an article about how New York is suing McAfee over what it considers a restriction of free speech because McAfee does not allow customers from publishing reviews without prior approval from McAfee. From the article: 'In one instance, Network Associates demanded a retraction of an unfavorable review published in the online and print magazine Network World, citing a clause on its Web site that prohibits product reviews without permission, the lawsuit alleged.'"

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Wired article more detailed by Robotech_Master · 2002-02-07 14:12 · Score: 5, Informative

Wired has a better article about this situation. It goes into more detail than the short blurb cited in this story.

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