Has anyone from 3Com responded to this thread? What is their
justification for such an extreme set of conditions on the license.
BTW, the debug ROMS for 2 and 3 used to be easily downloaded. I got
them both without ever seeing these tersm.
Can they be used freely?
> On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 08:31:20AM +0700, Kurnia, Sindhu wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm new member on this list so this will be my first posting here.
> > Our company right now begining to establis a new group on supporting
> > palm-devices especially the 3Com's. Speaking about any complexity on
> > getting the Debug ROM images, is there anyone here has any experience
> > with those requirements such as filling-out license-agreement forms etc
> > in relation about any law-stuff implication and copyright issues? As
> > long as I know 3Com has separate license agreement for Prototype
> > Licensee, ROM Source Licensee and so on.
>
> Well, I am no lawyer (just a programmer trying to deal with this!) but
> the debug ROM contract seems to me to be pretty complex in that it's
> extremely limiting. I am closing on a house soon and, let me tell you,
> builders have NOTHING on 3com.
> Anyway, some of the limitations include disclosing the site that the
> product will be used, agreeing to keep the product under lock and key at
> that one site (what about my laptop!?), allowing for 3com to inspect the
> site at 24 hour notice, and documenting people given access to the
> product.
> For someone just trying to get ahold of a debug rom so that
> he can help a user who claims a product will not run on the Palm VII, this
> seems extreme. The documented two week turnaround is even worse. I guess
> as any company becomes more successful they start hiring more people and,
> inevitably, those people are worthless so they make work for themselves.
> <sigh> That sounds like a zillion startups around here. Oh, well...
>
> --frank
>
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