Potentially Viral Software
J C Lawrence
claw@2wire.com
Mon Jun 25 14:30:00 GMT 2001
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:08:31 -0400
David A Cobb <superbiskit@home.com> wrote:
> I hadn't heard of such a category until I read the recent M$ EULA.
> However we should all loudly proclaim:
> DO NOT BUY OR USE POTENTIALLY VIRAL SOFTWARE. POTENTIALLY VIRAL
> SOFTWARE IS ANY PRODUCT THE SOURCE FOR WHICH IS _NOT_ AVAILABLE
> FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION BY THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTITIONERS OF THE
> TRADE.
The MS Dev beta license is unenforceable in the same way that "you
may not reverse engineer this" licenses are. Unfortunately this
will mean a few would be contributors who didn't think about it are
scared off.
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J C Lawrence claw@kanga.nu
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