Microsoft FrontPage License Prohibits Anti-Microsoft Speech 548
According to this story running at Info World, the license from FrontPage 2002 contains a clause that says 'You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN,
MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ...' An unfortunate clause that will prevent me from my long term plan of migrating Slashdot to Frontpage (cough). There's lots of other nastiness in this article too. Can anyone find that specific clause? Can anyone find the EULA itself? Update: 09/20 18:10 GMT by T : According to reader bteutsch "FWIW, the clause appears only in the EULA agreement for use of the FrontPage Logo, not with the product or server extensions license."
This will mean less FrontPage users (Score:2, Funny)
How about IE users? (Score:2)
If there were, then whither slashdot, as so many users actully use IE.
Still using NS 4.75 =p
Do I have this right? (Score:2, Interesting)
So, if you end up disagreeing with the EULA, you cannot take it back because most stores do not allow returns of opened software if there was no defect.
Do I have this right?
Re:Nyah! (Score:2)
Depends on what you mean by "more". If you're asking whether corporations should be above the law, then no. If you're asking whether corporations should have broader powers over their day-to-day operations than governments have over them, then yes. Otherwise all the corporate intervention in our lives (like repressive EULAs) will be replaced by equally repressive government intrusion, with the big difference that under corporations you can vote with your feet more easily than you can with governments.
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Re:Nyah! (Score:2)
And before you protest, consider that the GPL does exactly the same thing. It's conditional. You don't agree with the license, you don't use the source code. I don't agree with the GPL, so I don't involve myself with GPL'd source.
Re:Nyah! (Score:2)
Solution! (Score:2)
If they try to claim the bot can't read it, then claim you did not read their EULA.
Fight fire with fire, but never bring a knife to a gun fight.
Unbelievable, even from Microsoft. (Score:2)
It's like putting a "license" around the use of a hammer saying you can't build a sign that protests the hammer's maker.
Incredible !
Re:Unbelievable, even from Microsoft. (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes, unbelievable. Unbelievable that anyone would believe it. According to this page [microsoft.com], you can't use the Frontpage logo on a site that disparage Microsoft.
Re:Unbelievable, even from Microsoft. (Score:2)
Correction: read this [slashdot.org].
It's not apparent exactly what the restriction applies to, but it's not broad.
Civil Rights Lawsuit? (Score:2)
Maybe we should just sue anyhow.
And they wonder why people don't like them
Re:Unbelievable, even from Microsoft. (Score:2)
Oh, I know! I'm glad the First Amendment was there to save us from the DCMA! Can you IMAGINE the implications of THAT being passed?
EULAs and the First Amendment (Score:3, Informative)
uhhh:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Microsoft != Congress
(...last I checked, anyway. If that changes, time to fall on my sword.)
Really, the EULA is a voluntarily entered contract between the end user and Microsoft, and is not to be confused with a law passed by Congress. One might compare this clause of the agreement to an NDA, in that both place restraint upon your speech, but neither is unconstitutional.
The defense against this kind of practice is not to complain and wave the First Amendment, but to remove Microsoft from the position that allows them to make these demands.
Re:EULAs and the First Amendment (Score:2)
Re:Unbelievable, even from Microsoft. (Score:2)
Maybe a good thing? (Score:3, Interesting)
So the fact that this exists, does it not render the license restrictions that MS is putting into place null and void? In other words, has MS just ceded their rights to control Front Page?
(Please chill on the flames. If I knew what I was talking about I wouldn't have had to ask!)
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2)
I'd like to think you were right on this one, but you've got to remember that NDAs are apparently legal, so speech obviously isn't always gaurenteed.
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2)
I wouldn't be so sure... I've heard they (and non-compete upon exiting a company and several other common contracts) are not very east to defend in court. YMMV, IANAL, etc...
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Evan
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2)
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:5, Interesting)
'So the fact that this exists, does it not render the license restrictions that MS is putting into place null and void? In other words, has MS just ceded their rights to control Front Page?'
IANAL, but you don't need to be a lawyer for this.
First, as one person pointed out, licenses invariably have clauses that say if one part is found invalid, then only that part is invalidated, not the whole thing. Second, even if what you said is true, then what is nullified is the license. That doesn't mean Microsoft has "ceded" their rights to FrontPage, it means that you no longer have the right to use it.
This is why contracts have those clauses. For any non-trivial contract, it would not be good that the whole contract was nullified for obvious reasons, for either side.
Finally, I am surprised this wasn't noticed in a reply, but in states where the UCITA or compatible varient has been passed, this clause is likely to be completely legal, merely a varient on the non-review clause.
Re:Maybe a good thing? (Score:2)
You don't need a license to USE FrontPage - you only need a license to COPY FrontPage. Microsoft doesn't have a 'use-rights' on FrontPage, it has a copyright on FrontPage. Microsoft sells copies of FrontPage, and people who purchase them are allowed to use them. GM sells Corvettes - you get to use them, but you don't get to copy them without a license. (Corvettes are copyrighted and patented works). There is a small group of people who feel that because you don't run software off the CD-Rom, you need a license to copy it onto your hard-drive and a license to copy it the software into ram. These are the same people who think they can renounce their US citizenship and not pay the IRS it's due. The only way you can cede you right to use things you have purchased legally, is if you sign a contract (physically or digitally) or a nasty laws get passed.
IANAL but.. (Score:2)
If I buy a pair of Nike shoes, I'm allowed to wear them while running in an 'Anti-Nike Slave Labor' 5k run/walk.
If I buy MSFP, then I can use it to create 'Frontpagesucks.com'.
D
You don't buy FP2002 (Score:2)
Which is why they love DMCA, UCITA, et. al. and why we despise those laws.
Re:You don't buy FP2002 (Score:2)
That's what Microsoft would have you believe, but as far as I know this has never been tested in court. I fail to see how a non-negotiated EULA can retroactively alter the terms of an already completed sale.
Complete BS. (Score:4, Flamebait)
I can't believe that Microsoft [The remainder of this post has been sanitized by MS Internet Explorer. Please go back about your business, and remember that Microsoft is only trying to conduct legitimate, non-predatory business. You have been warned.]
Re:Complete BS. (Score:2)
-sam
Re:Complete BS. (Score:2)
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IANAL (Score:3, Informative)
Seems like a stupid move on the part of Microsoft IMHO.
um, no. (Score:2)
The Constitution says that the Government can't pass laws impeding freedom of the press; this doesn't mean that they guarentee everyone the right to speak. If you sign a contract not to talk about X that's more-or-less binding.
Whether enforcing licenses which restrict press freedom could be held as violating the 1rst amendment is way unclear to me...
Get the state to pass a law (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Get the state to pass a law (Score:2)
Interesting experiment. (Score:3, Offtopic)
I'd volunteer, but they haven't released the Linux version yet.
Re:Interesting experiment. (Score:2)
Re:Interesting experiment. (Score:2)
http://geraldholmes.freeyellow.com/whyMSrules.html [freeyellow.com]
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Re:Interesting experiment. (Score:2)
Here you go: Welcome to Gerald Holmes'es Why Micorsoft rules my Univrese [freeyellow.com]
Please beware of the incredibly annoying popups on the page - disable javascript in your browser, it'll make the page more enjoyable.
That one's easy (Score:3, Informative)
Re:That one's easy (Score:2)
Have you ever tried opening a frontpage-generated HTML file in a text editor? Bleedin' Christ, it's a damned mess.
It would just be easier to dump the shitty WYSIWYG editors and just write the site in plain-jane HTML.
If you standardize it, they will come. (AND they will be able to read it!)
Why would you expect otherwise? (Score:2, Insightful)
This will be a pain for pro-microsoft sites also, (Score:2)
Hey you just disparaged 2000 and broke your frontpage license agreement.
Bob.
Berserk all you want, MS. (Score:5, Insightful)
The more MS squeezes, the more slips through their fingers.
Already, people are pretty much opting out of all this by continuing to run Windows 95 6 years after its release, and Office 97 4 years after its release. Many people have intimated that they'll hang onto 2000 as long as they can. If the longevity of previous MS OS's is any indicator, this may be five years or more.
And of course, there's always our favorite X-Factor, waiting in the wings to scoop up faithful even from MS's latest and greatest.
This effect becomes more obvious the more MS tightens the strings...
Re:Berserk all you want, MS. (Score:2)
The more MS squeezes, the more slips through their fingers.
Yeah, it's been said before, and it seems logical, but where is the marketshare to prove your point? Has Microsoft OS marketshare slipped? Or is it still in the area of 95%?
Re:Berserk all you want, MS. (Score:2)
X-Factor? (Score:2)
Time for another amendment... (Score:2)
Something along the lines of: "No corporation may violate any rights which the government is not allowed to violate."
(Me is not versed in Lawyerly ways, so there should probably be more to it than that)
Re:Time for another amendment... (Score:2)
Re:Time for another amendment... (Score:2)
I don't know if it's legal or not from a DMCA standpoint - but it's certainly NOT ethical, from a humanity standpoint.
Someone needs to test this! (Score:2, Offtopic)
I officially un-volunteer! (Not enough $$)
Re:Someone needs to test this! NOT (Score:3, Insightful)
Either the court will throw it out or uphold it. Examine each possibility for a moment.
What is the end result? Even if this licensing provision is thrown out, an MS critic (or several) have spent millions of dollars and their time in litigation. An ingenious way to drain resources from your enemy. [The Borg weapon seems to be designed merely to drain the shields.]
OTOH, if the licensing is upheld, it may mean that copyright law needs to be modified to include features that recognize licenses like this.
This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONENTS (Score:5, Informative)
rOD.
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:5, Informative)
2. FrontPage*
(*version corresponding to Office XP)
FrontPage web components. For purposes of this section, the Software means the FrontPage Web components, including the MSNBC news headline compone nt, the MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quote component, and the MSN Search component.
Installation and Use. You may install and use any number of copies of the Software on server computers to provide services as part of your web site on the Internet that you des ign with FrontPage and that is not a mobile wireless or interactive television site ("Your Web Site").
Restrictions. You may not edit or modify the Software in any manner whatsoever. You may not display any of the logos that appear in the Software in any manner that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or license of Your Web Site by the owners of such logos. If the Software contains any active links to other sites, you agree to maintain such active links and not redirect or modify them. You may not market, distribute, sublicense, lease or rent the Software on a stand- alone basis. You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia or their products or services, infringe any intellectual property or other rights of these parties, violate any state, federal or international law, or promote racism, hatred, or pornography. You shall not convert the news headlines in the MSNBC component into an audio format for redistribution to audio users. You agree to immediately remove the Software from Your Web Site if you do not abide by any of these restrictions after notice.
rOD.
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:2)
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:2)
The misinformed article is probably talking about either a specific componenent and content or about the logo program. I dislike reporters who report "a reader informed me" as FACT. If a reader informs you then research it and post it as fact and not as rumor. MS is just protecting it's rights of trademark and copyright, and while most people here don't agree that anyone should have those rights they do still exist. Note that there are laws that allow criticism and sarcasm about a company, person, government, or product. This allows for reviews and parody, which differ from disparagement. Disparage is primarily to lower in rank or character using words that cause harm or resentment. Therefore MS is attempting to reduce the number of people using it's logo/content/product to spread discontent about it's product.
I don't see any harm done.
The Frontpage 2002 EULA (in it's entirety):
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After the expiration of Your subscription, You can continue to open, view and print any documents You created with the Subscription Product. Additional License Grant for Media Elements. The Software Product may include certain photographs, clip art, animations, sounds, music and video clips (together "Media Elements"). 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LIMITATION DE RESPONSABILITÉ ET RECOURS. Malgré les dommages que vous puissiez subir pour quelque motif que ce soit (notamment, tous les dommages susmentionnés et tous les dommages directs ou généraux), l'obligation intégrale de Microsoft et de l'un ou l'autre de ses fournisseurs aux termes de toute disposition du présent EULA et votre recours exclusif à l'égard de tout ce qui précède (sauf en ce qui concerne tout recours de réparation ou de remplacement choisi par Microsoft à l'égard de tout manquement à la garantie limitée) se limite au plus élevé entre les montants suivants : le montant que vous avez réellement payé pour le Produit ou 5,00 $US. Les limites, exclusions et dénis qui précèdent (y compris les clauses ci-dessus), s'appliquent dans la mesure maximale permise par les lois applicables, même si tout recours n'atteint pas son but essentiel. La présente Convention est régie par les lois de la province d'Ontario, Canada. Chacune des parties à la présente reconnaît irrévocablement la compétence des tribunaux de la province d'Ontario et consent à instituer tout litige qui pourrait découler de la présente auprès des tribunaux situés dans le district judiciaire de York, province d'Ontario. Au cas où vous auriez des questions concernant cette licence ou que vous désiriez vous mettre en rapport avec Microsoft pour quelque raison que ce soit, veuillez contacter la succursale Microsoft desservant votre pays, dont l'adresse est fournie dans ce produit, ou écrivez à : Microsoft Sales Information Center, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399.So, what's the difference, ethically? (Score:2)
And, further, in this case, the "MS bar" in question is a product that, while not technically always required for MS foo to work, is required for the full set of features of MS foo to work.
In practice, however, this probably won't come up often, given that a site that is disparaging of MS is probably NOT going to be edited in Frontpage.
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:2)
I don't know if you've noticed, but there is a huge number of network administrators and PHBs who will run all Microsoft shops no matter what happens... I work in such a shop. It is downright sickening.
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:2)
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:2)
Oh, well, that's OK then.
!?!?!?!?!!
How about IIS server components? (Score:2)
No, seriously, The clause for those actions wouldn't have to be much different from this one, if you read how it's written.
Examples: (Score:3, Informative)
If you use any of the Character Animation Data and Image Files, you agree to...not use the Character Animation Data and Image Files to disparage Microsoft, its products or services or for promotional goods or for products which, in Microsoft's sole judgment, may diminish or otherwise damage Microsoft's goodwill in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.... [microsoft.com]
The obvious implication, of course . . . (Score:2)
>Yes, exactly. And note that in the text of the license, it doesn't
>exclude only sites that disparage MS, but also sites that contain
>racist content, pornography, etc, etc.
is that microsoft is classifying itself in the same category as hate speech and pornography.
o.b. gratutitious recursive acronym-like stuff: Does this mean that publishing this portion of the license violates the license???
:)
hawk
Re:This relates only to Front Page SERVER COMPONEN (Score:4, Interesting)
Smells like Slashdot spirit (Score:3, Insightful)
According to this page [microsoft.com], you can't use the Frontpage logo on a site that disparage Microsoft. Which seems pretty reasonable to me.
Good lord! Lies about Microsoft on Slashdot? Nah, couldn't be.
Re:Smells like Slashdot spirit (Score:3, Funny)
"7. You may not display the Logo on any site that disparages Microsoft or its products or services"
kinda makes it impossible to comply with point 4 --
"4. The Logo may be displayed only on Web pages that make accurate references to Microsoft."
Oops.
Re:Smells like Slashdot spirit (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, forget the above. I think I found where this came from. Take a look at this PDF [northwestern.edu] that has the phrase. Unfortunately, the PDF reader sucks when it comes to selecting text. But I think this is the relevent part: "For purposes of this section, the Software means the FrontPage Web components, including the MSNBC news headline compone nt, the MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quote component, and the MSN Search component."
This section looks like it specifically about components that interface with MSNBC news sites or something like that. It's not clear exactly what this section is referring to.
In any case, it's not a broad "you can't create an anti-Microsoft web site with Frontpage".
Show me where... (Score:5, Informative)
So, show me where in the EULA this is stated. Are there multiple EULAs? Then which one takes precedence ("the last one? well, that wasn't the one I got when I bought it" concept)?
Damn it...THINK PEOPLE...investigate these things on your own and don't just knee-jerk a reaction because someone says something exists. Doesn't help perceptions much, especially if the liars/FUDers this time around are the open-source proponets....
Have a read, it's been quoted in a comment (Score:2)
Slashdot Censors Too (Score:4, Funny)
<Ducks for cover>
Slashdot is a load of old crap with contributions from a bunch of smelly spotty sex-starved geeks who think something like an operating system can actually be cool
</Ducks for cover>
Abuse of Property Rights (Score:2)
EPI DVD (Score:2)
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball (Score:2)
http://www.happyfunball.com/hfb.html
Code snippet: (Score:2)
throwFits();
popupEula();
lockComputer();
notifyAuthorities();
showBillWavingHisFingerAndSaying("Naughty Boy!");
}
on the other hand. . . (Score:2)
Right?
I mean, doing that, and enforcing a license like that, are roughly ethically equivalent things.
Re:on the other hand. . . (Score:2)
So, I shouldn't write a blog entry that says, "Jesus, I'm stuck here using vi. I hate vi,"?
Or use Frontpage 2000 to write an article critical of Microsoft's OEM licensing practices?
Or - extending the analogy a bit - use MS Word to write a negative review of Asheron's Call [microsoft.com]?
Come to think of it, I'm already on shaky ground. I'm posting that this policy is bullshit using MSIE!
(Oh, for the record - I dig vi.)
So? (Score:2)
Lawsuit (Score:2)
We need to sue the US Government. A suit should be filed against the US Government for violating the first amendment by requiring government employees to use Microsoft software. Crazy, somewhat frivilous, and doomed to fail, but if the media would pick it up it might work out.
Of course, no lawyer would be crazy enough to take the case, and I can't pay for one, but this could definately be a cool way to let the public realize what kind of thing comes up in those licenses that they do not read.
Whew! (Score:2)
God bless Microsoft for that, as that migration would surely be a sign that the End of Days were upon us.
Infighting at Microsoft Inc.? (Score:2)
My current theory is that Microsoft, as a whole, doesn't really push stuff like this. My theory is that it's SPECIFICALLY the software divisions that are desparately trying to justify their budgets to the corporation as a whole (who, from what I've heard, makes much more money as an investment bank than as a software company). As their software slowly dwindles from competition, they take more and more desperate measures to try to prop up their short-term income figures and continue their budgets and salaries.
My optimistic prediction is that sometime in the future (I have no idea how many years this would take, but...) the software division will be scaled back quite a bit in Microsoft Inc as a whole, and poor Mr. Ballmer will have to dance for his wealth in a different context.
Microsoft will likely stay wealthy and powerful, but no longer through client-side software at some point.
My crackpot theory, anyway.
So what? (Score:2)
So what? So what if it says you can't say nasty things about Microsoft? So what if it says that when you use it you have to utter a praise to Bill Gates before you start? So what if it says you must not use it to provide a platform for free software?
Whenever someone bitches about the GPL and how it doesn't allow companies to take the code and use it in their own propriatory products they're almost deafened by the chant of people shouting "if you don't like the licence, don't use the code"
Same here. Quite frankly I think they can pretty much put whatever they want in it (provided its legal). If I don't like what they want me to agree to, then i won't use it.
MS doesn't care about us. (Score:2)
You want to get back at MS? Make open source software better than MS's. Now when I say that I don't simply mean make it more secure or stable, which is what most oss zealots seem to hear. I mean, make it more secure & stable PLUS faster, more flexible, and have a nicer, easier to use interface. Security and stability alone will not win any battles. The latter are just as important, if not more important in the eyes of the average user.
Have fun making this unenforcable! (Score:2)
BUT... we should remember data on the web is always mutable. I understand that there are Apache mods which will appened information to any document served, letting a free hosting provider 'add' banners to any given webpage for example. It wouldn't be any trick at all to add code to Apache or any other server software that would add the formentioned meta tag to every document served from a high-traffic site such as
We all know that ever last bit of
All this bitching, and no-one posted the EULA (Score:2)
OK then here it is, or at least the one I have. Excuse the fucked formatting, apparently the lameness filter objected to some of the HTML.
Now, where's that clause? Well shit, it's not there. Surprise.
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THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR
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ALL DAMAGES REFERENCED ABOVE AND ALL DIRECT OR GENERAL DAMAGES), THE ENTIRE
LIABILITY OF MICROSOFT AND ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS EULA
AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ALL OF THE FOREGOING (EXCEPT FOR ANY REMEDY OF
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT ELECTED BY MICROSOFT WITH RESPECT TO ANY BREACH OF THE
LIMITED WARRANTY) SHAL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY
YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE OR U.S. $5.00. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND
DISCLAIMERS (INCLUDING SECTIONS 7, 8, AND 9 ABOVE) SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE.
13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This EULA (including any addendum or amendment to
this EULA which is included with the Software Product) is the entire agreement
between you and Microsoft relating to the Software Product and the support
services (if any) and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous oral or
written communications, proposals and representations with respect to the
Software Product or any other subject matter covered by this EULA. To the extent
the terms of any Microsoft policies or programs for support services conflict
with the terms of this EULA, the terms of this EULA shall control.
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suivante vous concerne
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inclus pendant une période de 90 jours suivant la date de réception.
Si une garantie ou condition implicite est créée par votre État ou votre
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déni, vous jouissez également d'une garantie ou condition implicite, MAIS
UNIQUEMENT POUR LES DÉFAUTS DÉCOUVERTS DURANT LA PÉRIODE DE LA PRÉSENTE
GARANTIE LIMITÉE (QUATRE-VINGT-DIX JOURS). IL N'Y A AUCUNE GARANTIE OU
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CETTE PÉRIODE DE QUATRE-VINGT-DIX JOURS. Certains États ou territoires ne
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sorte que la limitation cidessus peut ne pas s'appliquer à vous.
Tous les suppléments ou toutes les mises à jour relatifs au Produit,
notamment, les ensembles de services ou les réparations à chaud (le cas
échéant) qui vous sont fournis après l'expiration de la période de
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garantie ou condition que ce soit, expresse ou implicite.
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décrit ciaprès. Sauf pour tout remboursement au choix de Microsoft, si le
Produit ne respecte pas la garantie limitée de Microsoft et, dans la mesure
maximale permise par les lois applicables, même si tout recours n'atteint pas
son but essentiel, VOUS N'AVEZ DROIT À AUCUNS DOMMAGES, NOTAMMENT DES
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accessoires, indirects et de certains autres dommages sont également
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accessoires de sorte que la limitation ou l'exclusion cidessus peut ne pas s'appliquer
à vous. La présente garantie limitée vous donne des droits légaux
spécifiques. Vous pouvez avoir d'autres droits qui peuvent varier d'un
territoire ou d'un État à un autre. VOTRE RECOURS EXCLUSIF. L'obligation
intégrale de Microsoft et de ses fournisseurs et votre recours exclusif seront,
selon le choix de Microsoft de temps à autre sous réserve de toute loi
applicable, a) le remboursement du prix payé, le cas échéant, pour le Produit
ou b) la réparation ou le remplacement du Produit qui ne respecte pas la
présente garantie limitée et qui est retourné à Microsoft avec une copie de
votre reçu. Vous recevrez la compensation choisie par Microsoft, sans frais,
sauf que vous êtes responsable des dépenses que vous pourriez engager (p. ex.,
les frais d'envoi du Produit à Microsoft). La présente garantie limitée est
nulle si la défectuosité du Produit est causée par un accident, un usage
abusif, une mauvaise application, un usage anormal ou un virus. Tout Produit de
remplacement sera garanti pour le reste de la période de garantie initiale ou
pendant trente (30) jours, selon la plus longue entre ces deux périodes. À l'extérieur
des États-Unis ou du Canada, ces recours ou l'un quelconque des services de
soutien technique offerts par Microsoft ne sont pas disponibles sans preuve d'achat
d'une source internationale autorisée. Pour exercer votre recours, vous devez
communiquer avec Microsoft et vous adresser au Microsoft Sales Information
Center/One Microsoft Way/Redmond, WA 98052-6399, ou à la filiale de Microsoft
de votre pays.
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seule garantie expresse qui vous est donnée et remplace toutes autres garanties
expresses (s'il en est) mentionnées dans un document ou sur un emballage.
Sauf en ce qui a trait à la garantie limitée et dans la mesure maximale
permise par les lois applicables, le Produit et les services de soutien
technique (le cas échéant) sont fournis TELS QUELS ET AVEC TOUS LES
DÉFAUTS par Microsoft et ses fournisseurs, lesquels par les présentes
dénient toutes autres garanties et conditions expresses, implicites ou en vertu
de la loi, notamment (le cas échéant) les garanties, devoirs ou conditions
implicites de qualité marchande, d'adaptation à un usage particulier, d'exactitude
ou d'exhaustivité des réponses, des résultats, des efforts déployés selon
les règles de l'art, d'absence de virus et de négligence, le tout à l'égard
du Produit et de la prestation des services de soutien technique ou de l'omission
d'une telle prestation. PAR AILLEURS, IL N'Y A AUCUNE GARANTIE OU CONDITION
QUANT AU TITRE DE PROPRIÉTÉ, À LA JOUISSANCE OU LA POSSESSION PAISIBLE, À LA
CONCORDANCE À UNE DESCRIPTION NI QUANT À UNE ABSENCE DE CONTREFAÇON
CONCERNANT LE PRODUIT.
EXCLUSION DES DOMMAGES ACCESSOIRES, INDIRECTS ET DE CERTAINS AUTRES DOMMAGES.
DANS LA MESURE MAXIMALE PERMISE PAR LES LOIS APPLICABLES, EN AUCUN CAS MICROSOFT
OU SES FOURNISSEURS NE SERONT RESPONSABLES DES DOMMAGES SPÉCIAUX, CONSÉCUTIFS,
ACCESSOIRES OU INDIRECTS DE QUELQUE NATURE QUE CE SOIT (NOTAMMENT, LES DOMMAGES
À L'ÉGARD DU MANQUE À GAGNER OU DE LA DIVULGATION DE RENSEIGNEMENTS
CONFIDENTIELS OU AUTRES, DE LA PERTE D'EXPLOITATION, DE BLESSURES CORPORELLES,
DE LA VIOLATION DE LA VIE PRIVÉE, DE L'OMISSION DE REMPLIR TOUT DEVOIR, Y
COMPRIS D'AGIR DE BONNE FOI OU D'EXERCER UN SOIN RAISONNABLE, DE LA
NÉGLIGENCE ET DE TOUTE AUTRE PERTE PÉCUNIAIRE OU AUTRE PERTE DE QUELQUE NATURE
QUE CE SOIT) SE RAPPORTANT DE QUELQUE MANIÈRE QUE CE SOIT À L'UTILISATION DU
PRODUIT OU À L'INCAPACITÉ DE S'EN SERVIR, À LA PRESTATION OU À L'OMISSION
D'UNE TELLE PRESTATION DE SERVICES DE SOUTIEN TECHNIQUE OU AUTREMENT AUX
TERMES DE TOUTE DISPOSITION DU PRÉSENT EULA OU RELATIVEMENT À UNE TELLE
DISPOSITION, MÊME EN CAS DE FAUTE, DE DÉLIT CIVIL (Y COMPRIS LA NÉGLIGENCE),
DE RESPONSABILITÉ STRICTE, DE VIOLATION DE CONTRAT OU DE VIOLATION DE GARANTIE
DE MICROSOFT OU DE TOUT FOURNISSEUR ET MÊME SI MICROSOFT OU TOUT FOURNISSEUR A
ÉTÉ AVISÉ DE LA POSSIBILITÉ DE TELS DOMMAGES.
LIMITATION DE RESPONSABILITÉ ET RECOURS. Malgré les dommages que vous
puissiez subir pour quelque motif que ce soit (notamment, tous les dommages
susmentionnés et tous les dommages directs ou généraux), l'obligation
intégrale de Microsoft et de l'un ou l'autre de ses fournisseurs aux termes
de toute disposition du présent EULA et votre recours exclusif à l'égard de
tout ce qui précède (sauf en ce qui concerne tout recours de réparation ou de
remplacement choisi par Microsoft à l'égard de tout manquement à la
garantie limitée) se limite au plus élevé entre les montants suivants : le
montant que vous avez réellement payé pour le Produit ou 5,00 $US. Les
limites, exclusions et dénis qui précèdent (y compris les clauses ci-dessus),
s'appliquent dans la mesure maximale permise par les lois applicables, même
si tout recours n'atteint pas son but essentiel.
La présente Convention est régie par les lois de la province d'Ontario,
Canada. Chacune des parties à la présente reconnaît irrévocablement la
compétence des tribunaux de la province d'Ontario et consent à instituer
tout litige qui pourrait découler de la présente auprès des tribunaux situés
dans le district judiciaire de York, province d'Ontario.
Au cas où vous auriez des questions concernant cette licence ou que vous
désiriez vous mettre en rapport avec Microsoft pour quelque raison que ce soit,
veuillez contacter la succursale Microsoft desservant votre pays, dont l'adresse
est fournie dans ce produit, ou écrivez à : Microsoft Sales Information
Center, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399.
Trump: Product (de)Activation (Score:2)
Re:That's the last straw, get rid of EULAs (Score:2)
Re:Ha! (Score:2)
The question we should really be asking is: Is our corporations learning?
Re:Ha! (Score:2)
Why does big corporations always want to curtail liberty? (1st pst?)
Because after indoctrinating the American society to think that everyone must accumulate money, they are going after their real goal, that is infinitely more valuable than money.
Power.
Re: (Score:2)
Re:How do they get away with this? (Score:2)
I don't see the problem. (Score:2)
It doesn't affect the rest of the world.
If you don't like the terms, don't use the software.
Re:I don't see the problem. (Score:2)
In a general sense, it does affect the rest of the world. I don't like the idea of corporations adding anti-speech clauses to their standard contracts. I sign dozens of contracts every month just to get by; everything from credit card slips to delivery receipts to click-throughs on web pages. Often, we don't read the fine print of these documents, and they're getting longer and more common.
So you don't use Microsoft products. Imagine if your credit card company/phone company/electric company/ISP added anti-speech clauses to their TOS. You may be one of those rare few who always reads the whole page before you sign, or doesn't rely on modern conveniences, but most people aren't like that. That's why we ought to be concerned about issues like this, even if we don't use this particular piece of software.
Re:When did... (Score:2, Interesting)
Sure it does (mostly). But it doesn't guarantee the right to say it with MS FrontPage.
Try actually reading the document to see what it really says about your rights.
On a related topic: Has anyone ever noticed that the President is only given the power of supreme commander of the army, navy, and, sometimes, militia. The air force and marines are never mentioned in any articles or ammendments. Who's in charge of them?
Re:When did... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:U.S. Constitution: First Amendment (Score:2)
Re:U.S. Constitution: First Amendment (Score:2)
"He who has the gold makes the rules"
Re:U.S. Constitution: First Amendment (Score:2)
Re:You still have the freedom to choose... (Score:2)
Re:Another Example of Losing RIghts (Score:2)
No contract law can take away certain rights, and software licensing is a (unproven) form of contract.
Re:Slashdot editors (Score:2)
Hopefully those editors that you disparage will also allow *some* Slashdot posters to use those facilities to prevent people from confusing the word grammar [dictionary.com] with some town in Indiana [dictionary.com]
Re:Give it a rest (Score:2)
If Microsoft was so concerned about what their product was used for, then why don't they have provisions against using it to create porn or warez sites? Nope, clearly some MS exec bristled at the idea of an MS product being used to slam MS. Now, I can't wait until I write up my draft copy of how much this license agreement sucks using MS-Word before they tell me what I can and cannot say using that program.
Re:Now that is Funny - but take it further (Score:2)
Write a variant of Nimda that, instead of using IIS to serve the .eml file to more victims, creates a uses IIS to display the Frontpage logo alongside a picture of Bill Gates buggering a goat.
"This is your web content. This is your web content on Frontpage. Any questions?"
For bonus points, have the hijacked server mail the BSA goons and/or the piracy hotline @microsoft.com, with a message saying "Suspected license violation - web site created by Frontpage makes disparaging comments about Microsoft products".