Does IETester abide by Microsoft Licensing rules? / DebugBar forums

Will_ · 2011-04-14 22:12:07

I was told that to run IE6 legally at my workplace for testing, I would need to install Windows 7 (Using VirtualBox because my desktop is Ubuntu), then download a 300Mb Windows XP image from Microsoft in order to get IE6.
( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d … laylang=en )

So does IETester conform to Microsoft's licensing rules?
Is Microsoft's official opinion on IETester known?

Last edited by Will_ (2011-04-14 22:13:57)

fabrice · 2011-05-11 18:23:42

Hi,

IETester can be seen as an illegal software because it violates Microsoft EULA.
Anyway, Microsoft never contacted me to stop publishing it. I suppose I'm too small for them and they don't care much. But it is still not legal.

You can find more info on those threads as well :

http://www.my-debugbar.com/forum/t130-c … se%3F.html

http://www.my-debugbar.com/forum/t150-L … ssues.html

Hope this helps.

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Does IETester abide by Microsoft Licensing rules?

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