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- From: edp@math.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil)
- Subject: Re: Derive for Sale
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.132915.23286@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: edp@math.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <jeremyw.726278399@well.sf.ca.us> <C0ErG6.D4G@iat.holonet.net>
- Distribution: us,usa
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:29:15 GMT
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- In article <C0ErG6.D4G@iat.holonet.net>, brianw@iat.holonet.net (Brian
- Walsh) writes:
-
- >I'm no expert but try to respect the programmers' rights.
-
- I am a programmer; I am a senior software engineer in the Ultrix
- Engineering Group at Digital Equipment Corporation -- I make my money by
- writing software that is sold under license. But I respect everybody's
- rights, including those of the purchaser. I don't hold people to phony
- "licenses" that are revealed only after purchase. Open the Fall 1992
- Desktop Direct from Digital catalog to page 34 and you will find a
- license agreement written out where a purchaser can see it BEFORE they
- decide to buy.
-
- If a company is honest and up-front with me, I will respect their
- rights. If they hide their license and agree to sell me a product
- without specifying other terms, then they have no rights to require
- other terms.
-
- It is a matter of simple ethics. The publisher has no right to screw
- over the purchaser by changing the terms AFTER sale. Be honest; set the
- terms up front.
-
-
- -- edp (Eric Postpischil)
- "Always mount a scratch monkey."
- edp@rusure.enet.dec.com
-