If it's truly a perpetual, unlimited-seat license, "No" is the correct answer, and the vendor gets sleaze points for trying an end-run. If there's a weasel clause, you may be SOL.
Will be very interested to hear how this plays out. P.S. Would not be the first time a vendor (software or otherwise) has tried such a ploy, of course, nor will it be the last. I remember during the OCO wars at least one vendor had to provide source forever to Princeton University because they had written it into the contract. The techies at that vendor were not happy about it, not because they believed in OCO but because they had to cut a special package for Princeton every release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
