On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 01:05:42AM +0100, Roy Wood wrote: > >> > Interestingly, not all legitimate commercial interests > >> > are served equally humbly here. When Peter Graf tried > >> > to acquire the right to give away (for free) SMSQ-Q40 > >> > binaries in exchange for a substantial payment to TT > >> > he was turned down (not because he offered too little > >> > money btw). > >> > This means that Peter has no means to ensure that SMSQ > >> > will be available for the Q40/Q60 in the future - and > >> > that after having invested horrendeous amounts of money > >> > into SMSQ development for functionality that isn't even > >> > implemented until today. > This line of argument is spurious. SMSQ/E for the Q40/Q60 will continue > to exist and Peter or you have the right to apply to become an official > reseller. Your only commitment in this regard is that you offer support > for the versions you sell and you pay the licence fee for the copies you > sell. You can sell them at cost if you want that is up to you. I will > not be selling Q40/Q60 SMSQ/E and neither will Jochen so the ball is in > your court.
thanks for clarifying this. > Again apply to be a =n official reseller and follow the rules. Give it > away for free if you want but pay TT for each one sold. It is that > simple. As far as I can tell this was exactly what Peter wanted - what was the problem? Richard
