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> Tim Endres wrote:
> >
> > I would ignore their license and force them to sue me.
> >
>
> This has been said more than once, and strikes me
> as absolutely wrong.
>
> It's perfectly okay for vendors to restrict the testing
> of their product. Rather idiotic, imho, because it then
> leads to the sort of unprovable back-room whispers that
> only benefit the least-honest vendor.
And the argument that this is only to protect the vendor
doesn't cut it. If they wish to protect their product,
they can publish their own "tweaked" results, with the
appropriate disclaimer. Or they can join forces to fund
an objective third party to compare all products on an
equal playing field, as one poster already suggested.
> But, nonetheless, a particular vendor may see things
> differently and is perfectly within their rights to do
> so.
>
> And, if you sign a license that promises not to do
> something, well, you ought not to do it.
>
> That's pretty straightforward, isn't it ? Entering an
> agreement knowing that you intend to violate it is
> not entirely ethical behavior.
Depends on whether I believe that the license is legally
founded and will hold up in court. Such a license as was
intimated in this case would not hold up. No more than a
license that said I couldn't post to the Internet giving
my opinion of the product!
tim.
Tim Endres [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICE Engineering, Inc. http://www.trustice.com/
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