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From: rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: LEGALITY OF SELLING SOFTWARE
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.203338.27625@qualcomm.com>
Date: 21 Feb 91 20:33:38 GMT
References: <1991Feb15.021607.164@amd.com> <1991Feb17.132821.12965@anomaly.SBS.COM> <1991Feb21.012456.22548@amd.com>
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In article <1991Feb21.012456.22548@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <1991Feb17.132821.12965@anomaly.SBS.COM> mpd@anomaly.SBS.COM (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
>|This "concept", while unique because it attempts to address the question
>|of installation on multiple machines yet only having a single user at a time,
>|has got to be the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
>
>And you have a better idea? I won't ask you to give MS credit for at
>least trying to address an issue few other companies show concern for,
>since you seem to hate them so much.
>

Well, Borland seems to have a better Idea, as well as the makers of Interactive
Easyflow and other packages I own.  I really like the IE license...  to para-
phrase:  "We think software licenses where we deny all responsibility for any-
thing that happens anywhere while you are using our software are stupid.  We
also realize that if you're not honest, a laughable software license isn't
going to do anything but keep some lawyers employed.  So we ask that you only
use one copy at a time and that you don't give this program to your friends,
but encourage them to buy it at the cheap price of $xx."