On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 at 13:53:10, dndsystems1 wrote:
(ref: <00a401c287fe$d067c620$4f6887d9@asusone>)
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tony Firshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst?
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>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 at 21:06:28, Dave P wrote:
>> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
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>> >On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Jochen Merz wrote:
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>> >> maybe I can add a bit of clarification here.
>> >
>> >Thanks for the clarification.
>> >
>> >As a member of the public, Wolfgang's approach aside, I can now see
>how he
>> >arrived there (just wish he gave us a chance to get up to speed too
>> >instead of throwing us in at the deep end! ;P)
>> >
>> >So, D&D are theiving scum.
>>
>> >If you bought one, contact Wolfgang directly
>> >and offer to pay the license fee. Seems fair.
>> The money is not the issue really.
>> The main point of the license is to ensure there is only one
>approved
>> version in the field.
>> D&D, according to their adverts, are selling a patched version.
>>
>> This is precisely what Wolfgang is striving to avoid.
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>You're not still on about that are you, I can't belive it. Look at it
>like this there are 2 versions of 2.98, the first was flawed, the
>second was fixed. The second version makes the Q60 behave like other
>platforms _adding_ to uniformity across platforms. The first version
>makes the Q60 behave like nothing else because it is wrong.
What I should have said was _unlicensed_ patched versions, sorry.
that would have avoided the loads I have snipped.
As Wolfgang has said, there will obviously be changes on individual
releases. What the license is trying to do, as far as I see, to make
sure that patches do not break program code.
As Roy pointed out, even Tony Tebby's patches used to do that.
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