I know I made this point previously, but it is worth making again. 3Com's policy is at fault here with a "one size fits all" approach. Their contract is really aimed at people who need access to pre-release hardware and software, and has a set of onerous hardware-specific language such as the right to enter your premises with minimal notice! That kind of permission requires a formal document that can't be fax'ed. 3Com should really have a simplified license agreement (not a contract) for non-pre-release products and restricted release products that preserves their intellectual property and has non-disclosure. This wouldn't need the onerous language of their current agreement and could be fax'ed! Since the color stuff is psuedo-announced, getting the ROM images shouldn't require the same level of legal protection that it did several months ago. Sorry to repeat. Roger Stringer Marietta Systems ------------------------------------------------------- >Date: 28 Oct 1999 01:53:25 -0700 >From: "Frykholm, Niklas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Color ROM and new POSE, where? >I had the same problem. It is a real nuisance, especially if you work on >projects with short deadlines. I understand that 3Com wants to protect its >products, but frankly I fail to see what the Confidentiality Agreement >really protects, considering that >A) ROMs are already being distributed on warez sites (as someone reported). >>B) Since it is (very nearly) impossible to trace the source of a ROM that >has been spread, no one will ever be charged with having broken the >agreement. >C) Anyone who has a Palm device can get the ROMs without having to sign >anything. // Niklas
