From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 2 17:09:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA11807 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 17:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linkou.trace.com.tw (ronald@[192.72.68.166]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA11802 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 17:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ronald@localhost) by linkou.trace.com.tw (8.6.12/8.6.9) id IAA04335; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 08:09:23 +0800 Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 08:09:23 +0800 (CCT) From: Ronald Wiplinger To: Steve Reid cc: Thomas Arnold , John Hart , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Software and Dial-Up Networking In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. >