• Patch Lady – 31 days of Paranoia – Day 22

    Posted on October 23, 2018 at 00:56 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    We come to our 22nd day of paranoia and today is about a topic that is near and dear to many of you….. end user license agreements.  Those statements that vendors provide that we all click through and most of us don’t understand them, nor read them like we should.  The electronic foundation recaps most of the terminology that we miss, but there’s another end user license agreement issue that we often overlook.  One where the terms change and we don’t realize that it has changed:

    For example… let’s look at the Windows 10 end user license agreement.

    In Windows 10 the eula specifically says this:

    Section 2 c (v):
    use the software as server software, for commercial hosting, make the software available for simultaneous use by multiple users over a network, install the software on a server and allow users to access it remotely, or install the software on a device for use only by remote users;

    Windows 8.1 Pro the eula says this:
    The software is not licensed to be used as server software or for commercial hosting, so you may not make the software available for simultaneous use by multiple users over a network

    One could argue that the eula specifically disallows the ability to set up a headless Windows 10 machine that one can remote into and use remotely.

    Given that they have announced a Microsoft virtual desktop hosted on Azure, you can see that’s where they want the remote experience to be.

    Bottom line, never assume that end user license agreements are static.  They can be updated with newer terms.  Keep reading ….and keep reading between the lines… as necessary.

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