[lug] Re: On Borland's new EULA

BOF bof at pcisys.net
Wed Jan 16 01:39:30 MST 2002


Apparently Borland/Inprise is recanting these provisions, according to 
an article in The Register

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23694.html

Of course, it's all a big mistake ....

And notice that nothing is said about the provisions on distribution and 
the GPL.

BOF

BOF wrote:

> T. J. Duchene, in an editorial Sunday on Freshmeat, brought out some 
> interesting points about Borland's new license policy for Kylix and 
> JBuilder.
>
> There appears to be some serious warping of the GPL regarding 
> distribution of products written with either program.
>
> There appears also a provision, if you download them and agree to the 
> EULA, that you agree to Borland entering your premise to do a audit of 
> your computers to insure that you are not abusing the license, and to 
> waive a jury trial if you get caught.
>





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