I wouldn't worry about it. By now they must have had their wings clipped by an attorney or three. That developer I mentioned had called her lawyer and the words "cease and desist" and "bad faith" were flying around even at that early stage.
I'd think you'd have been among the first to be approached given they have your name on their customer list. They still advertise on Page 1 that your non-commercial site can license Hiermenus for only $29.95... provided it has five pages or less. There's a site I really need a drop-down menu for. ------------------------------------------- Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com ------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:24:26 -0600 >Interesting - I'll have to tell the people for whom I implemented HeirMenus >that they might have to look out for that, thank you for the heads-up. >Oddly enough, I traded emails as well with Mr. Belesis about the licensing >terms, and got the "keep my name in there and it's free" directly from him. >However, implementing them saved us well more than $500 worth of time it >would have taken to build a similar system, so we ponied up for the fee - >and kept his name in as well. ;) > >- Jim > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:07 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: DHTML dynamic drop down menus>>> > > >I was told - and this was in first few months after internet.com had taken >the rights to Hiermenus over - that they were going to apply the terms >retroactively, even to sites using the product where the licensing agreement >stated free use. How they planned on not getting laughed out of a court >room is beyond me. > >One developer on the hiermenus forum claimed she had written permission from >Peter Belesis (back before he handed control to internet.com) to use the >thing as purchased, and the internet.com folks insisted on added license >fees nonetheless. > >I spoke with a couple of reps adamant about their legal right to do this. I >was absolutely flabbergasted, and dropped them like a rock in favor of >Milonic. > >------------------------------------------- > Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com >------------------------------------------- > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:50:36 -0600 > >>Back when we I implemented HeirMenus on an old site, it cost $500 to deploy >>it without any mention of the author anywhere. If you left the author's >>name in the JavaScript source blocks and a short URL as to where to >download >>HeirMenus, it was free. I'll have to see if that acknowledgement clause is >>still active. >> >>- Jim >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:43 PM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: RE: DHTML dynamic drop down menus>>> >> >> >>Joshua wrote: >>>Have you looked at HeirMenus ??? >> >>Have you *priced* Hiermenus? >> >>It stopped being free about a year ago. Its been discussed here and >>elsewhere that they've quoted prices in the US$1500 range for a commercial >>site. For that site I mentioned earlier, a non-profit organization, they >>were going to do me the favor of only charging me a discount rate of >US$995. >> >>Idiots probably had the market/mindshare lead at the time. They got greedy >>and pooped it away. >> >>------------------------------------------- >> Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com >>------------------------------------------- >> >> >>---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >>From: "Joshua Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:28:58 -0500 >> >>>Have you looked at HeirMenus ??? >>>http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/hiermenus/ >>> >>>Joshua Miller >>>Head Programmer / IT Manager >>>Garrison Enterprises Inc. >>>www.garrisonenterprises.net >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>(704) 569-9044 ext. 254 >>> >>>************************************************************************ >>>************* >>>Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, >>>except where the sender states them to be the views of >>>Garrison Enterprises Inc. >>> >>>This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is >>>addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. 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