Re: [midgard-user] license of Nadmin Studio 1.4RC1?

[Philipp Rotmann, Linksystem Muenchen]

On 28.05.01 (21:28), Henri Bergius wrote:
> > This condition implies that if HKLC has appointed a local
> > distributor, no one else may tender for a website content
> > management services contract without their permission
> > (responding to a tender is a very direct form of promotion).
(...)
> The term 'permission' is important here. Since HKLC doesn't
> have (to my knowledge) a distributor in UK, I'm sure the
> getting the permission should not be that difficult.

But the license definitely is confusing, and IMHO it's crucial
for the ongoing success of the Midgard platform that HKLC won't
appoint any Nadmin Studio distributors for Europe or any single
european country as well as the United States.

Actually, I'm even unsure about the legal status of such a
clause. I'm not a lawyer and thus not even sure with regard to
German civil law but I suspect one could legally bypass all
restrictions to accompanying services by simply not distributing
the product. As part of his consulting and service contract for
a client, the developer would download the product, configure
and install it etc. -- and exactly these services he could
promote: "Services on top of the product", not "The product
including installation, support and training".  Anyone around
who knows more?

     phr
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