Read the Office 2003 EULA. There is nothing in there about OS. I looked again to verify.
I never implied I've read every microsoft EULA... I'm just stating what I've read in the past.
I'm also not implying that Microsoft should have to SUPPORT Office on Linux... but I do think that they should make the updates available somehow for anybody who buys a copy... no matter what they are running on.
If that is in the license and is enforceable... then, knowing Microsoft, I believe they would've cracked down on Codeweavers by now.
Probably will have to have somebody with a law degree read the EULA just to see what it says about OS.
The license for any non-OS product from Microsoft says nothing about having to run it on Windows. They assume you will, but WINE breaks that assumption. They are just pissed off about it... they may actually get themselves in trouble by not allowing people who paid for their products to update them.
Just because somebody can run microsoft office on Linux doesn't mean it was pirated.
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Read the Office 2003 EULA. There is nothing in there about OS. I looked again to verify. I never implied I've read every microsoft EULA... I'm just stating what I've read in the past. I'm also not implying that Microsoft should have to SUPPORT Office on Linux... but I do think that they should make the updates available somehow for anybody who buys a copy... no matter what they are running on.
If that is in the license and is enforceable... then, knowing Microsoft, I believe they would've cracked down on Codeweavers by now. Probably will have to have somebody with a law degree read the EULA just to see what it says about OS.
The license for any non-OS product from Microsoft says nothing about having to run it on Windows. They assume you will, but WINE breaks that assumption. They are just pissed off about it... they may actually get themselves in trouble by not allowing people who paid for their products to update them. Just because somebody can run microsoft office on Linux doesn't mean it was pirated.