Re: [little OT] Licensing/Implementing in Cocoa/Obj-C
Re: [little OT] Licensing/Implementing in Cocoa/Obj-C
- Subject: Re: [little OT] Licensing/Implementing in Cocoa/Obj-C
- From: Andreas Mayer <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:49:41 +0200
Am 20.04.2004 um 20:15 schrieb Josh Ferguson:
but you're starting to sound a little paranoid here.
I trust Microsoft as much as I can lift a house. If you want to call me
paranoid because of that - fine.
With FileStorm, our!
license agreement states that each license allows use on ONE MACHINE
ONLY (a very typical licensing scheme), yet we have people email in
all the time telling us that they've met their activation limit
(they've installed it on three computers), and they want it reset.
This is a blatant violation of our license agreement, but we almost
always gladly reset their limit
I don't understand. If you don't mind people using your product on more
than one computer, why don't you allow it in the first place?
It IS stealing,
No, it is not. It is a copyright violation. Stealing involves taking
away a physical object from someone. (Well, at least the german
equivalent "stehlen" does - I'm not _absolutely_ sure about the
semantics of the english word.)
BestBuy has many security measures in place that may or may not
"infringe on your privacy". For example, they have the right to ask
you for your driver's license (which contains a lot of personal
information) if for some reason they don't trust your check or credit
card. They have cameras in the store watchi!
Yes I know. Privacy is not really respected in the US. Well, it's not
as bad here in Germany - not yet ...
and can pat you down before you leave the store if they suspect you of
stealing.
Here, they can't. They need to call the police.
when DOES the developer have a right to stop getting ripped off and
defend his own software?
Do whatever you want with your software.
I simply explained, that I won't buy it if it needs product activation.
That - telling you the reason I'm not buying it - is more than is
required. Most of the time I just ignore an offer that I don't like -
_without_ any explanation what it is that kept me from buying.
This is my last post to this thread. It's seriously off topic now.
Andreas
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