Author: Heiko Mikala
Date: 14:19:21 11/28/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 14:51:37, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On November 28, 1999 at 14:22:52, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>Hypothetical #1... >>The license agreement says, "If you purchase this piece of software, >>you agree to use it, but you may not tell anyone whether you win or >>lose against it nor what you think of it in any public or private forum." >>What do you do? > >Not buy the piece of crap. > >>Hypothetical #2... >>The license agreement says, "If you purchase this piece of software, >>you agree to use it, but you may not tell anyone that it lost any >>games nor can you mention that you are unhappy with it in any way >>in any public or private forum. You may only speak of its won >>games and/or give positive feedback." What do you do? > >Not buy the piece of crap. I fully agree. And I didn't buy Genius 6 nor Shredder 3. And, as far as I can tell, a lot of other people reacted in the same way (another reason may have been the price of these products, two times as high as other top programs). The new "Millenium WM-Paket" including Genius 6.5 and Shredder 4 doesn't have such a license agreement anymore, and so I bought it (for some other reasons too). I have the license agreement right here in front of me, and it doesn't say anything light that anymore. I hope they're going to let there programs be tested for the SSDF list too again. I think this old license agreement (did it really exist in Genius 6 and Shredder 3, or was it only a rumour?) was a huge mistake. Greetings, Heiko.
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