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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 10:51 PM Original message |
Federal Court rules that original software may be resold and Autodesk are Copyright Nazis |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you want software, you'll have to respect licenses. There's no free lunch n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Publishers do NOT have the right to demand whatever the hell they like in their licenses. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I consider an agreement an agreement. Don't like it? Don't license |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Most of these "licenses" are actually adhesion contracts |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was applying ethics, not the law. YMMV, but if you want valet parking |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. All I'm saying is that provisions of these types of "contracts" are often unenforceable |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well then, I have to question your ethics |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Just out of curiosity, what does "ethics" mean to you, Fredda? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Stephen Hawking is my uncle |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. If living with a judge makes you a legal expert |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. What's unethical in what depakid said, or in the excerpt he posted? -nt |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. A license is only good if it actually works within the law and the rights you have as a user... |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. How legalistic of you. Sign and ignore. OK ... but don't ask to be my client n/t |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Technically, they're not selling you the software |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 06:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. So you believe that if someone selling software... |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nice |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Can someone please explain this to us non-techies? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You buy a copy of Microsoft Office. It comes in a box with a CD/DVD and some manuals. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Okay, so as long as I don't keep that copy of MS XP on my computer and then sell it I'm okay. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You'll get lost @ upgrade time n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Unless what he upgrades to is, say, Linux. (UPDATED) |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Little late for me. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. AutoCAD is A Bloated Piece of Crap |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The most popular is rarely the best |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Like the Avis ads |
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