Author: José Berdiñas Bonefua
Date: 18:58:36 11/28/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 18:33:50, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 Prohibition can only be read in Shredder 3 MCS engine and no in Shredder 3 full. Why SSDF are no testing Shredder 3 full?? José
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