License Restrictions revisited
License Restrictions revisited
- Subject: License Restrictions revisited
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 20:08:53 -0600
New device from Color Vision. I was wondering why I didn9t hear anything
from anyone about this and saw this:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3&Number=1
37673&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=5237878
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Got my printfix today and though I habitually just click past license
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agreements I decided to read this one because I was curious about what you
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could do with the profiles created. No surprise here - as expected you're
not
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allowed to distribute them for free or for profit. But the shocker was the
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next paragraph (E):
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Quote:
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5. License Restrictions. You may not do any of the following yourself, or
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through any other person and you may not permit any third party with whom
you
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have a business relationship to do any of the following:......
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(E) publish or otherwise communicate any review of or information about
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Software performance to any third party without the prior written consent
of
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ColorVision;
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So I won't be able to communicate any of my findings here I suppose
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IMO this is absolutely ridiculous. I'd be in violation if I simply made an
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off-hand remark, negative or positive to a friend, on my website, or here.
The
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lawyers have gone nuts and some execs need to realize the consequences of
not
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keeping them in rein.
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Since license restrictions have been discussed in the past, and I9d really
like to know if anyone can possibly comment on this device, I present this
for your inspection and comments (if you are not unwilling to become a felon
<g>)
Andrew Rodney
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