[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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