[SLUG] "Microsoft Blocking Wine Users From Downloads Site"

From: Pete S. (linux@myraandpete.net)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2005 - 12:30:47 EST


http://winehq.com/hypermail/wine-devel/2005/02/0441.html
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/17/1318212&from=rss

"As some of you may know, Microsoft is planning to totally restrict
access to the Microsoft
download center to all non-genuine windows users. So you would expect
some check for pirated
copies of windows to be involved. If you visit the download center with
IE you get an activex control,
but if you try with Firefox, you'll have to download a little program,
that returns a code you have to copy into
the download page, to get access to the download you selected.
By quickly looking at the program, I noticed it looks for a registry
key, this key is...
SOFTWARE\Wine\Wine\Config
the wine configuration key.
the Windows Genuine Advantage program press release
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jan05/01-26GenuineAdvantagePR.asp
says that in the second half of 2005, all users connecting to the
Microsoft download center or to windows update
will have to validate their copy of windows...

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