At 14:15 2009-10-06, Kevin Cully <[email protected]> wrote:
>Perhaps I'm reading the EULA differently than other people, and no, I'm
>not a lawyer. I read this:
>"[You may not] distribute any Distributable Code that runs on any
>platform other than the Windows platform"
>as meaning that I can't build a Foxpro application to *only* run on
>Linux, or Mac, or BSD with features for a platform other than Windows.
>If my VFP application just so happens to *also* run on Linux [et al.],
>then I'm developing in the spirit of the EULA.
I am not a lawyer either, but I know English grammar quite well.
I think your interpretation is inverted. If the Distributable
Code runs on a non-Windows platform, you are violating the EULA. If
your code runs on both Windows and non-Windows platforms, then it
runs on a non-Windows platform, and thus, you would be violating the EULA.
Whether the EULA is enforcable is another issue.
>As said so well by others, why bother risking legal action however.
>Dabo/Python is an excellent choice for VFP developers to look at. I'm
>also going to suggest people look at REALbasic. It is very "VFP-like"
>and was an easy transition for me. I'm currently attempting to develop
>a product for sale and it will begin by targeting the Linux and Windows
>platforms. Eventually I'll also target the Mac platform but I don't own
>a Mac to test on ... yet.
>http://www.realsoftware.com/
It is the stream of things like this that has convinced that
Microsoft software is rarely worth bothering with.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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