Re: [IMail Forum] IMail licensing

[jeff Vitale]

I don't know what ipswitch thinks, and I am not an attorney, but I think that you should be free to do so. Even thought most software companies attempt to include language in their license which protects them form liability should their product cause you damages, they can still be held liable by a court of law nonetheless (under fraudulent inducement, gross neglegence, etc.).  Because of this I would argue that in an attempt to mitigate any foreseeable damages from installing new software versions, you NEED to install the darn things and test them for a bit.  Since the products are new, and we all know that new products have bugs, one might even argue that we have an obligation to install and test the new versions before putting them into full use as a way of mitigating any damages that may result if we do not.  In law, if the possibility of being damaged is foreseeable, and we can take simple steps to mitigate or prevent those damages, we have an obligation to do so.   Just my 2 cents   Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Thompson To: IMail List Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 7:58 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail licensing If I have one license for IMail (unlimited users) for a production server, does that allow me to install a test copy on another box solely for testing patches and upgrades before deploying them to production?  Anyone know the legality of this in case anyone at my company asks?