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From: kudla@jec313.its.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla)
Subject: Re: Animation Journeyman: Wayne Knapp's Reply
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skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes:
>     I think a lot of people here may not realize that *much* commerical
>software on larger systems, mainframes and workstations particularly, CANNOT
>BE BOUGHT!  You have to LICENCE it!  Take the DEC C compiler for VAX/VMS

As a matter of fact, I'm unaware of any commercial productivity
software (and probably any game software as well) that you *don't*
license.  Next time you pick up an upgrade package for Quattro on the
clone, or ProPage or whatever on the Amiga, see if the license
agreement that you theoretically agree to before actually seeing it
(i.e. by breaking the shrinkwrap) doesn't say something to the effect
of "You are granted a limited license that may be revoked at any time
by Obnoxious Commercial Software Inc.".  Higher price really hasn't
much to do with it.... it's just standard operating procedure.

For my purposes, of course, I think I've only bought two commercial
packages in the last few years (ARexx and MusicX) which didn't have
equivalents in the FR software market.  When I get a sampler I'll be
using MED, in all probability, and hopefully developing my own stuff
too.  You also don't "own" PD or shareware software.... that's the
nature of copyright law (at least in the US).
-- 
Robert Jude Kudla <kudla@rpi.edu>
                                   
You cannot go against nature, because when you do
Going 'gainst nature is part of nature too....