Re: License Restrictions revisited
Re: License Restrictions revisited
- Subject: Re: License Restrictions revisited
- From: Ian Lyons <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:25:52 +0100
In an earlier message Andrew R indicated that Monaco Systems were already in
the process of amending their EULA. The following message was posted on the
Rob Galbraith forum in response to various messages of concern. I took the
liberty of copying it here so that you can all see that CV aren9t the boggy
men that the 3contents2 of the original post implied (I9m NOT referring to
Andrews words - he was only the messenger):
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Ian -
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Regarding the numerous posts concerning the "PrintFIX gag order", I took
the
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time to review the ColorVision EULA (End User License Agreement) today.
There
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is currently a clause in the Restrictions paragraph that says users cannot
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"publish or otherwise communicate any review of or information about
Software
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performance to any third party without the prior written consent of
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ColorVision".
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You are correct in reporting that this clause has been there in all of our
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software for at least the past three years and that it is a boilerplate
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statement that appears in the agreements of many software companies.
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From the ColorVision viewpoint, this is clearly a clause that we have not
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enforced - nor do we want to. Reviews of our products - both good and bad -
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appear on at least 50 forums worldwide on a daily basis.
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This week, I will have the ColorVision software license agreement modified
to
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reflect this true practice and eliminate or modify the offending
boilerplate
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sentence accordingly. We will further report these changes in our
newsletter
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and web site.
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With best regards:
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Brian Levey
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Vice President
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ColorVision
Ian Lyons
http://www.computer-darkroom.com
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