Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:02:13 09/08/03
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On September 08, 2003 at 19:46:47, Robin Smith wrote: >On September 08, 2003 at 19:29:22, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On September 08, 2003 at 18:49:03, Robin Smith wrote: >> >>>On September 07, 2003 at 18:08:14, Mike Byrne wrote: >>> >>>>My definition is quite simple. If the software violates the licenisng >>>>agreement, it is illegal. I have read the UBI Soft licensing agreement and like >>>>most agreements, distrubuting licensed modified code to others (registered or >>>>not registered ) users is prohibited. That is exactly what deadking is, it is >>> >>>NO!! Deadking does NOT distribute ANY UBI Soft code. It is a program, seperately >>>written, that modifies UBI Soft code. If you don't have theking.exe, which is >>>NOT included with deadking, then deadking will not work. It was designed by its >>>programmer only for legal owners of CM9K. Although I am not a lawyer, I don't >>>believe there is anything illegal about deadking. >>> >>>Robin >> >>The UBI Soft License Agreement (page after 67, this page is not numbered): >> >>• You may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the >>Software, except to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by >>applicable law. >> >>I think that is pretty clear cut. > >Yes, it says that. They can write anything they want in a license agreement. >That does not make what they write legally binding. Such restrictions on >modifying something you alrady own do not stand up in court. Yes you are correct, Until proven in court that restriction is not valid, I am simply taking the stance that deadking links and discussion are non grata in this forum based on the chart that we all agreed to.
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