[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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