[Sussex] BBC iPlayer (iMP)

Andy Smith andy at lug.org.uk
Tue May 1 10:23:48 UTC 2007


On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:46:08AM +0100, Al Bennett wrote:
> >As far as I am aware you don't have a license to use any version of
> >IE without also purchasing a valid MS Windows license.
> >
> >       IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT"
> >       (MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT
> 
> So my 10 year old Windows 95 OEM licence would do?

For IE 5.01, yes.  IE7's EULA I believe says you must own a copy of
at least Windows XP.

> IEs4Linux (http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page) looks like a 
> good way to go.  I haven't tried it yet but it looks like a fairly clever 
> way of getting IE with minimal effort.

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Is_MS-Windows_Required

Cheers,
Andy

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