Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 15:33:50 11/28/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 17:19:21, Heiko Mikala wrote: >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. I thought Steve's two hypothetical licence agreements were exactly that: hypothetical. Are you suggesting they weren't? Dave
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