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- From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
- Subject: Borland licences (was about old copies of TP)
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- References: <34141@adm.brl.mil> <1992Nov19.205629.20382@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:52:20 GMT
-
- In article <1992Nov19.205629.20382@dcatlas.dot.gov> joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott) writes:
- >
- >BZZT! They wouldn't be legal copies. When one upgrades, the prohibition
- >against multiple use applies to previous versions; i.e. to give away or sell
- >them is a violation of Borland's particularly reasonable license agreement.
- >What you probably need to do is contact Borland and see if they have any of
- >the old versions still in a warehouse somewhere or something.
-
- I've never seen that in the license agreement. It's certainly not in the
- new one I got with BP 7.
-
- There is one part in there that's a little worrisome, though:
-
- You're allowed to write and compile programs using the Borland libraries and
- distribute them (the actual wording is longer), subject to the following
- conditions (and from here on it's a verbatim quote):
-
- The program is not a compiler or development tool, environment product or
- library which includes any of the libraries, DLLs or source code included in
- this package, nor is the program otherwise a product that is generally
- competitive with or a substitute for any Borland Language product.
-
- End of quote.
-
- It's that last clause that worries me: lots of programs I write could be
- seen as "generally competitive with" Borland Language products.
-
- Duncan Murdoch
- dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
-