From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 12:43:43 PDT
Unfortunatly, when you "purchase" software, you
actually only purchase the medium it is recorded on
and a licence to use the actual software. Most
shrink-wrap licences say that your right to use the
software can be revoked at anytime without prior
notice. So, the analogy to hardware isn't exactly a
direct corelation to software.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Marco Mailand <mmailand_at_newted.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > 2) Software that required reg codes. What do we do
> here with software that
> > isn't supported anymore but requires codes? ...
> There is always discussion coming up on this subject
> which ends up with the
> statement that only the programmer is the owner of
> his product and may drop
> every service whenever he wants (or may be needs
> to). But I think also in
> the case of software there must exist some warranty
> definition, like with a
> toaster: The company which produces a toaster has to
> deliver spare parts or
> replacement units for a certain minimum time. I
> remember that the company I
> worked for had to be able to deliver spares during
> 10 years for each
> released product. If we apply something like this to
> software it would
> simply mean: Minimum support during 10 (or may be
> less, but fixed number of)
> years, that is giving new serial numbers OR release
> of the source code
> respectively making it freeware. Is there a lawer
> under us Newtonians? Would
> that be possible?
> --
> With best regards / Viele Gruesse
>
> Marco Mailand
> http://slsbd.psi.ch/timing
>
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