Internet Explorer

Jaydeep · Post by **Jaydeep** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:53 am

Hi All, I am trying to run some of our web applications, which are specifically developed having MS IE in mind, through wine on Suse Linux.

I am just concerned that is there any license obligations to MS if we use IE or some IE related dll files in wine...???

The idea is to reduce the MS licenses and we're that even after running the IE in Wine does it require any MS license...??

Thanks in Advance.

Jaydeep.

Thunderbird · Post by **Thunderbird** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:46 am

Internet Explorer on Wine is a tricky case and requires a Windows license.

James Mckenzie · Post by **James Mckenzie** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:04 am

Jaydeep <[email protected]> wrote about {Wine] Internet Explorer

Hi All, I am trying to run some of our web applications, which are specifically developed having MS
IE in mind, through wine on Suse Linux.

I am just concerned that is there any license obligations to MS if we use IE or some IE related dll
files in wine...???

Not only might you owe money to Microsoft for running IE, you might be in legal troubles as the EULA for IE states that it will only be used with Microsoft Windows(TM) operating systems.

Your best bet is to have the web applications redesigned to be W3C compliant and usable by other browsers.

James McKenzie

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:16 am

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM, James
Mckenzie<[email protected]> wrote:

Jaydeep <[email protected]> wrote about {Wine] Â Internet Explorer
Hi All, Â I am trying to run some of our web applications, which are specifically developed having MS
IE in mind, through wine on Suse Linux.

I am just concerned that is there any license obligations to MS if we use IE or some IE related dll
files in wine...???
Not only might you owe money to Microsoft for running IE, you might be in legal troubles as the EULA for IE states that it will only be used with Microsoft Windows(TM) operating systems.

Depends on your localities. In the EU and other places, that clause is
considered nonbinding and unenforceable.

--
-Austin

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:04 pm

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:53, Jaydeep<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All, Â I am trying to run some of our web applications, which are specifically developed having MS IE in mind, through wine on Suse Linux.

I am just concerned that is there any license obligations to MS if we use IE or some IE related dll files in wine...???

The idea is to reduce the MS licenses and we're that even after running the IE in Wine does it require any MS license...??

You should be asking your lawyer this...

We can give you totally wrong legal advice without being accountable.

Gert