[H-GEN] AN OFFBEAT QUESTION

[Anthony Towns]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:18:34PM +1000, hphillips at 4ward.com.au wrote:
> > First, I doubt that's legal: technical measures to circumvent license
> > agreements are probably on shaky ground at best, and just because you can
> > circumvent the technical measures, you're still required by Australian
> > copyright law to obey those irritating shrinkwrap licenses, so...
> What? I am not a lawyer but I can't see why that would violate any licensing laws.

Please limit your line lengths to around 75 characters.

> The W2K box only allows 10 incoming connections, they are would only use 1
> in that setup.

You'll probably find that it actually only allows 10 users, and attempts
to enforce this be limiting you to 10 connections. If that's the case,
20 users on one connection would be a copyright violation, aiui. I
certainly wouldn't expect a BSAA auditor to buy that argument, eg.

> > So why not just get rid of the W2K box, and use the Mandrake box for
> > everything?
> I know a lot of people in the GPL world don't like it but there are companies out
> there that make applications with the express purpose of generating income.

In which case you get to pay to use them. If they only run on Windows
server, then you get to pay to use Windows server, too.

> Hate to disillusion you guys but *nix isn't the answer for everything.

If the answer isn't Unix, then this is the wrong place to be asking.

Cheers,
aj

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