DO NOT INSTALL INTERNET EXPLORER!!!! if you start IE it will mess up all your 'drives' It kills your computer... M$IE IS a virus by many definitions.... El sÃb, 26 de 04 de 2003 a las 13:44, Joris Huizer escribiÃ: > --- Louis LeBlanc <wine@keyslapper.org> wrote: > > On 04/26/03 07:54 AM, Joris Huizer sat at the `puter > > and typed: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > I have the following question: as most of us know, > > MS > > > is kind of paranoid about people copying and/or > > > stealing their products (maybe because they > > themselves > > > have done it so much ? ) > > > > > > As wine is implementing windows dlls and stuff - > > how > > > can it stay legal (assuming MS 's using every > > possible > > > legal method to prevent any copying) ? > > > > > > Just a question which seems a bit troubling... I'm > > > probably missing something obvious ! > > > > I sincerely doubt that MS could find a legal let to > > stand on. First > > of all, there are lots of SW vendors that could care > > less where you > > run their stuff, so long as you pay for it and don't > > copy it or > > install it on more systems than you have license > > for. > > > > As I understand it, the dll implementations present > > in wine are > > actually implemented based on the limited > > information that MS has made > > available publicly anyway. Much of it is done by > > trial and error to > > fix the occasional misinterpretation > > (misinformation?) of the way the > > interface should work. > > I see - so that's the main job ... > > > > > They can give you a hard time about running their > > Apps on a > > non-windoze OS, but they can't tell you where to run > > another vendors > > apps. > > > > If I would install, say, Internet Explorer, they could > cause trouble ? Hmmm... > Well, I've tried installing but the thing protested I > didn't have media player (why does it care about that > ?? ) and then broke off the installation or something > > > So, Yeah. I think it will always be considered > > legal. > > > > Lou > > -- > > Louis LeBlanc wine@keyslapper.org > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > > http://www.keyslapper.org ÔÔ > > > > Epperson's law: > > When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's > > probably > > something his wife can beat him at. > > _______________________________________________ > > wine-users mailing list > > wine-users@winehq.com > > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > > Allright, thanks for the info > > Joris > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@winehq.com > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users -- Alan Bort Linux Registered User 298277 -Country Manager- [http://counter.li.org] [ http://www.linuxquestions.org ] Username: Ciccio [ http://es.tldp.org ] Ciccio.- _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
