Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 08:09:23 +0800 (CCT) From: Ronald Wiplinger <ronald@linkou.trace.com.tw> To: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com> Cc: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net>, John Hart <dashadow@tchnet.tchnet.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Software and Dial-Up Networking Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960803080632.4315A-100000@linkou.trace.com.tw> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960802163030.287C-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com>
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On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Steve Reid wrote: > > Well... if you dont mind selling your soul to Satan, ur, I mean Bill > > Gates, look into Internet Explorer. Once you sign up, you can distribute > > the Win3.1 and Win95 versions for -Free- all you gotta do is make the > > disks. > > No, That's not all ya gotta do. From the licensing agreement at > http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ieak/iedist.htm, near the bottom.... > > EXHIBIT A TO THE LICENSE AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT > > COMPANY Obligations > > 1. Within thirty (30) days following distribution of COMPANY's > Internet Product, COMPANY agrees to deploy the advanced features of > MS' Internet Explorer HTML extensions in the design of COMPANY's home > page. Well, to put their logo on this page is defacto an implement of the advanced feature. They do not say how many feature you need to use ;-) > > There's more, but that's the most interesting obligation. They want to > tell you how do design your web pages. Hmm, that not even my wife could do. I doubt that MS can do that. > > Fortunately, either party (including you) can opt out of the deal at a > later time, and it won't affect the users who already have the software. >
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