* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Mayer) [2002.05.24 11:21]:
> Wolfram Kuss wrote:
> > Interesting.
> >
> > I have looked into the EULA, but not yet the docu iteself.
> >
> > The EULA says:
> >
> > 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This EULA grants you the following rights:
> > Software Product. You may install and use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on an
> > unlimited number of computers, including workstations, terminals or
> > other digital electronic devices ("COMPUTERS") to design, develop, and
> > test software application products that are designed to operate in
> > conjunction with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and subsequent
> > versions thereof, ("Application").
> > [...]
> > All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Microsoft.
I figured they would say something like that. So, is it possible for FG
to "operate in conjunction with [MSFS2k2]"? ;-P
Well, it looks like this doc is off limits for us. I guess we'll have
to find a 3rd party MDL converter.
> As the EULA come after the "purchase" of the product (i.e. after it was
> downloaded), it has the same significance of the EULA you have to
> acceppt when you are installing a product.
>
> So -at least in Germany- you don't have to care about it at all. It's a
> change of contract that one party (M$) wants and offers to the other
> party (you). So you are free to accept it or discard it.
>
> Note: There's no hint about an EULA at the website and even worse (for
> M$) you don't have to accept it (e.g. by clicking on it) before you are
> downloading it.
The way I see it, a EULA doesn't have to be clicked through or
explicitly accepted through some procedure. The EULA ships with the
product just like the GPL ships with FlightGear. Both are applicable
and *using* each product implicitly means you accept the license.
I know (via /.) that people have jumped through hoops to keep from
clicking through a EULA, but it's pointless. We should respect
Micros~1's EULA's just as much as we respect the GPL.
--
Cameron Moore
[ Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo! ]
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