MS and ownership rights
Microsoft has not wanted this to be public, but here goes.......
The terms of use of the Passport program and their email services gives them
ownership of anything passing thru their computers. While this could have been
argued in court for/against all email or internet providers (and employers
*have*
argued this in court and won), the small print you don't read when using MS
email
providers, or Windoze XP, puts the weight of law squarely in their court. From a
web
page:
Windows XP will integrate the Windows authentication system with the Passport
authentication system, so a user can log onto Windows XP a single time and also
be logged onto Passport
http://www.moongroup.com/stories.php?story=01/04/02/0156291
(additional info on the web page)
So if you develop anything remotely commercial with Eu, and write it on the MS
XP
OS, or send it thru one of the MS email providers, or the MS satalite wireless
hookup, you may find MS knocking on your door demanding royalties from you for
using your own program! Chances are fairly good that they will claim ownership
of
this email too, since some of you use hotmail, etc.....
Kat
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