Remote table-valued function calls are not allowed

Error message:

Remote table-valued function calls are not allowed

The reason:

When selects from remote tables (linked servers) - the table must be called with an alias.

--error:

SELECT ... FROM LinkedServer.DBNAME.dbo.Tablename

-- ok:

SELECT ... FROM LinkedServer.DBNAME.dbo.Tablename t

Explanation:

I don't know, and I also don't know if anyone knows.