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Subject: Re: Hypothetical Question...

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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