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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:22:30 EST
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- From: Steven Kirby <SRKIRBY@UGA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: OED/Licensing
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed,
- 23 Dec 1992 20:12:54 GMT from <jahb@NS1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU>
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- This is silly. Does anybody really buy the suggestion that the mere presence
- of a systems programmer will force an administration to the moral high road?
- I thought not. As a techie librarian, I have to second Jennifer's comments
- about software pricing and question the absurd suggestion that academics are
- less sensitive to licensing terms than anyone else. Maybe that is true in the
- UK (the United Kingdom, whence my ancestors came, as opposed to U.K. (the
- University of Kentucky, at whose bosom I was weaned and whence all wisdom
- flows.)) IMHO, not true in the private sector here in the states. As Jenn
- rightly noted, complying with net license terms is too cheap and too easy for
- the average academic user. Back in my law firm days, we had 20 copies of a
- single app running and there was nothing I could do about it. I'd just fired
- our Dbase programmer, so that avenue for support was out. My experience has
- been that the three best prequsites to observing license terms are, in order,
- 1) a supportive administration, 2) cheap license terms, and 3) a supportive
- administration (see #2).
-
- Whatever the merits of my post, happy holidays to all on CDROMLAN. May your
- nets be happy and right!
-
- -sk-
-
- Steven Kirby
- University of Georgia
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