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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Silly licenses (was Re: WB1.3.2)
Summary: Why do companies think they can control nuclear research?
Message-ID: <559@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 4 Sep 89 09:40:43 GMT
References: <19682@usc.edu>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <19682@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:

	[Quoting the license agreement for WB1.3.2]

:		3.  You agree and certify that you will not use, ship,
:	transfer, or reexport any Software or other technical data, or any 
:	direct product thereof, related to any commodity that will be used 
:	directly or indirectly in the following activities (or in the 
:	training of personnel for such activities), whether or not it is 
:	specifically designed or modified for such activities;
:
:			(i) designing, developing, fabricating or 
:		testing nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices;
:		        (ii) designing, constructing, fabricating, or
:		operating the following facilities, or components for
:		such facilities;
:				(a)  the chemical processing or irradiated
:			special nuclear or source material;
:				(b)  the production of heavy water;
:				(c)  the separation of isotopes of source 
:			and special nuclear material;
:				(d)  the fabrication of nuclear reactor fuel
:			containing plutonium.

Gee, it looks like items 3.ii.a through 3.ii.c include Stanford's Linear
Accelerator Center and other respected institutions.  Does this mean that
Willy Langeveld and the others at SLAC are not allowed to use WorkBench
1.3.2?  What about "special nuclear material" used in hospital X-rays and
certain pacemakers?

There are many things that belong in a software license, but nuclear
posturing is not one of them.
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