(il)Legal : Using netmeeting at home for job.

[KingShivan]

Ok, I'll try to be clear : I'm working on an imaginary situation for a
school project : distant teaching. For that it would be good, and
simple to use Netmeeting. Teachers on the campus shouldn't be a problem
since we have XP Pro licenses.

But the question is : can the teachers legally give video conferences
via NetMeeting from home, where they often only have family edition of
XP ?

Thanx

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: <[email protected]>

| Ok, I'll try to be clear : I'm working on an imaginary situation for a
| school project : distant teaching. For that it would be good, and
| simple to use Netmeeting. Teachers on the campus shouldn't be a problem
| since we have XP Pro licenses.
|
| But the question is : can the teachers legally give video conferences
| via NetMeeting from home, where they often only have family edition of
| XP ?
|
| Thanx

Souns legal. Where does the question of ilegality come in ?

Netmeeting is a free program that is available for just about all the Win32 OS'.

 

[KingShivan]

I didn't know if using netmeeting for a commercial use was legal

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: <[email protected]>

| I didn't know if using netmeeting for a commercial use was legal

It isn't really commercial. You have indicated an educational use. Nonetheless, if both
sides have the software and both sides consent to the content then I can't see an issue.

 

[KingShivan]

ok, thank you

 

[Galen]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

ok, thank you

In addition, it's okay (for example) to use Notepad for commercial work. I
can't think of any EULA restricting the usage of Netmeeting that I'm aware
of?

Looking here:
mkMSITStore:C:\WINDOWS\Help\conf.chm::/default_welcome.htm

In the readme:
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting\netmeet.htm

And in "About"

I didn't FIND anything restricting it's use for commercial or educational
reasons. Much as you could use, if you wanted, WMP to be a professional DJ
(okay, so that's a stretch really) you can use Netmeeting to conference.

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