In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Fernandez [TF] wrote:'
TF> Everybody can buy the "Personal" version, and this doesn't say TF> anything. Even students are entitled to buy it. If you want to TF> pay less, you will have to live with this (minor) privacy TF> compromise. Minor to you. Not minor to others. Advising that they pay more is, uhm, frivolous. Especially when there's no justifiable reason for this breach of privacy. Whether or not you qualitatively agree with Sean's concern is besides the point. The fact is that his concerns wouldn't have existed if the X-Mailer header didn't include the license type. TF> Some lawyers use AbacusBat. You don't have to be one to use a copy. TF> If there were a version integrated into a medical program and it TF> would make sense for you to use that version, I don't think you TF> would consider MedicalBat a breach of privacy. Yes, I would. However, there's a good reason for giving it a medical related name since it's really an application suited for those who do medicine. I'd therefore consider it a reasonable and justifiable breach of privacy. Give me a good reason for specifying in the X-Mailer header, the nature of the license involved in getting identical copies of TB!. How does this help the recipients of your messages? No matter how minor *you* may consider this breach of privacy, there's no good reason for it so it shouldn't be. What good reason is there to include this information in the header? TF> No, but you do have a choice here. It is either the price tag, TF> special functionality, or the distributor. There's no special functionality gained by purchasing one license type over another. What is the justification for adding the license type to the X-Mailer header. I can see why SecureBat! should be specified as opposed to The Bat! and AbacusBat. No problems there. Why the (Personal), (Educational) and (Business)? I guess Ritlabs has something to gain by doing it as they did with the serial numbers. I guess you didn't consider the serial number inclusion a breach of privacy as well? -- Allie C Martin \ TB! v1.62/Beta7 & WinXP Pro (SP1) List Moderator / PGP Key - http://pub-key.ac-martin.com ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
