On 7 Nov 2002, at 11:53, Mike MacNamara wrote: > > Do you mean that the many copies I have of SMSQ, if I don't agree to > be bound a a new imposed license, are illegal. That can't be right, I > have bought an item, and must surely be able to continue using it, > while still being entitled to expect it is repaired or updated under > warranty, ( sale of goods acts) Ooops, again I seem to have been unclear.
When you buy a copy of SMSQ/E, youbuy it under the licence as exists at that time. You can continue using it under that licence. If the licence changes and you but a new copy of the software, then you must comply (for that copy) with the new version. The situationis silghtly different if you are a reseller - you but a licence from the licence holder and sell the copy under that licence. Then you buy the next one etc (or you buy them in bulk). But when you buy a new copy of the licence and the licence has changed and you don't like the licence, you have two options: refuse to buy (and sell) the software under that licence and walk away. Agree to do so (as a third option, you could also try to negotiate & change the licence...) >According to > D&Ds post, the 'repair' was minor, to make the item able to be used > for the purpose it was purchased. There are no "minor" repairs. > If the Grafs have purchased a > license to use SMSQ with Q40/60, then surely they must get SMSQ/E that > works with that platform, I get a Q40 quite some time ago - it had a working copy iof the OS in it, that did everything it was advertised as doing. > if not, then they have been sold something > unsuitable for the purpose it was purchased. Sorry to labour the > point, not only I, but hundreds of others, have purchased multiple > copies of SMSQ/E with various bits and bobs over many years. Don't > tell me now that the copies Roy Wood sells of SMSQ Gold which has been > altered (not just repaired) is illegal, and that I am a pirate. Roy Wood asked to become a reseller and he is one. No probllem there. Wolfgang
