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From: horstman@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: ...Reading the fine print of Borland's license
Message-ID: <1990Jul15.163209.10154@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
Date: 15 Jul 90 16:32:09 GMT
References: <280@unf7.UUCP> <23465@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: horstman@sjsumcs.SJSU.EDU (Cay Horstmann)
Organization: San Jose State University
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>In article <280@unf7.UUCP> shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite) writes:
>>
>>    "Also, you may not use a Turbo Language product to create, give away,
>>    sell, license, or otherwise distribute a competitive compiler or inter-
>>    preter..."
>
Indeed, this is petty and stupid. 

Supposing I like the Borland product a lot better than the competing 
Zortech, Microsoft, Jensen, Watcom, etc..., I could still use it for
development and make the final compile using another compiler.

HOWEVER, if all compiler manufacturers took this attitude, this could
be quite dangerous. 

I find it quite disappointing to see the simple "Just treat it like
a book" Borland license from the olden days degenerate into the same
gobbledygook offered by Microsoft and IBM (...however, we warrant the
disk on which the SOFTWARE is delivered to be of black color and square
shape for a period of thirty (30) days...)

Cay