[cw-discuss] IE License

[Jeremy White]

Hi Brandon,

I am not a lawyer, so please consult your own legal counsel
before taking my advice.

However, if you read the IE EULA, you'll note that the main
requirement is for you to have valid licensing; it does
constrain the exact environment on which you have to use it.

So I would take that to mean that you would need to have
a valid license for IE; the simplest way I know of to obtain
that is to purchase a copy of Windows (although some software
apparently comes with licensed copies of IE as well).

Cheers,

Jeremy

Brandon Williams wrote:
> I'm trying to find information on how licensing works related to IE
> running on Crossover or WINE. I can't find any official statement, but
> what I am understanding from various user comments, if I install IE on
> Crossover, then I am still bound by the IE license which states that I
> am not allowed to run IE on any platform other than Windows. My question
> is... Doesn't that leave me pretty exposed and without any kind of
> defense should MS decide to come after me? If someone could clarify this
> for me, as well as provide a link to some formal statement, I would
> appreciate it.
> 
> Regards,
> Brandon
> 
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