I can only speak for myself.

I don't question his being right or wrong about this subject, and I really don't care, I question his right and reasoning for bringing it up in the first place. The thing is, he's selfishly doing everything he can to secure his own life after death, and in doing so he forces his preaching down our throats.

The only change from his earlier presence here, is that now it's not preaching anymore, according to him. It's "teaching". I'm 64, I don't need to be taught, and I don't want to be taught. And absolutely not by that PITA.

>Hi Al,
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>The below is not addressed to you but to the topic;
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>Rick’s comments about the EULA are correct imo. His argument is so simple that I wonder why people here are arguing the point.
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>1) VFP is a Microsoft product.
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>2) It comes with a EULA which …
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>3) … you agreed to when installing.
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>4) It is not abandon-ware and is still part of the MSDN Professional package offered by MS to this day.
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>5) If you feel the EULA, or parts thereof, do not apply to you in your jurisdiction then that is fine and that is your decision but if you have anything material at stake with your potentially VFP-EULA-contravening-applications then for the sake of you, your company, and your clients you should probably check with a lawyer to be sure.
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>6) However, if you use the product in a jurisdiction where EULAs are enforced then contravening the EULA can potentially have serious consequences for you, your company, and your clients because ...
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>7) … using a product which has broken the EULA in a jurisdiction which enforces EULAs make you potentially liable. This point obviously dependent on whether the EULA has indeed been broken by "the product".
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>Rick is suggesting you confirm your position before spending perhaps years building a product which might be subject to legal issues – i.e. better to know now rather than later so that you can take appropriate action. I find this a not unreasonable suggestion if your livelihood (or material part thereof) depends on your VFP "3rd party enhanced" products.
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>How many times have people on this forum (the “MS evangelists”) quoted EULAs and argued for abiding by the license who now suddenly want to turn a blind eye? Laughable the duplicity of any who do that now.
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>I am not making any moral point about breaking this or any other EULA; it may or may not be a moral issue at all depending on one's personal worldview and hence for each to deal with in their own way. But it is a simple legal one and to argue otherwise is BS. And calls to stop discussing it are also telling.
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