David B Teague wrote:
Jonathon
This astonishing to me:
Some software EULAs (End User Licence Agreements) have clauses which
prohibit them from being run in conjunction with FLOSS.
Would you give a reference that discusses this? or talk about it a
bit? I am astounded at this "dog in the manger" clause in software
licensing.
It seems to me such a clause would prevent the software from being run
on most platforms.
David Teague
Even if a company wrote such a EULA, it would almost certainly be
unenforceable. They can say anything, but that doesn't make it real.
(Try "The user is prohibited from using this software on Sunday.") It
would either be laughed out of court, be subject to a countersuit on
grounds of anti-competitive practices, or both. The negative publicity
alone would probably cause the company a great deal of damage if they
ever tried to enforce it. I'd love to see a list of such companies
published to the FLOSS user community -- bet we could really have some
fun with it!
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