Author: José Berdiñas Bonefua
Date: 19:03:20 11/28/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 21:58:36, José Berdiñas Bonefua wrote: >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 Yes , I was wrong , thre are prohibition to play games without consents of GmbH. José
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