got this interesting article from slashdot (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/16/1334248). seemed that borland was ticked by the violent reactions of the community. well, let's wait for the new license agreement.
from http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,28243,00.html <snip> "Borland delivers products that are sold individually and in volume to major enterprise customers. The new end user license agreement mistakenly contains language that is specific to enterprise volume customers. This language is industry standard boilerplate for enterprise licenses, but it should not have been included in the individual product licenses. This was an error on our part and is in the process of being fixed." </snip> On 16 Jan 2002 14:21:44 +0800 vince cagud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > has anybody seen this? maybe i missed a post that referred to this but > check it out. it's weird to the point of ridiculous. > > --vince > > > http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/369/ > > --- start of snippet --- > > "I had a very unpleasant surprise when I decided to test JBuilder 5 and > Kylix 2 Open Edition. Both of these products were designed for the Linux > operating system. After reading the license, I immediately aborted the > install procedure. Both have license provisions which I feel are both > invasive and ethically and morally reprehensible. To begin, I quote your > own license: > > 12. AUDIT. During the term of this License and for one > (1) year thereafter, upon reasonable notice and during > normal business hours, Borland or its outside auditors will > have the right to enter your premises and access your > records and computer systems to verify that you have paid > to Borland the correct amounts owed under this License > and determine whether the Products are being used in > accordance with the terms of this License. You will > provide reasonable assistance to Borland in connection > with this provision. You agree to pay the cost of the audit > if any underpayments during the period covered by the > audit amount to more than five percent (5%) of the fees > actually owed for that period. > > We are to grant you access to our work and materials for the purpose of > verifying compliance with this license. In other words, we forfeit our > right of privacy at our facilities or our homes -- a right which we are > guaranteed under the Constitution -- simply to satisfy you that we are > not cheating on a license. There will never be a circumstance under > which I will allow Borland or any other greedy software company to > invade my home without a warrant authorized by a court of law. In my > opinion, you have no right to even ask for such a thing." > > --- end of snippet --- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
