>>>>On the legal side, EULA is a contract submitted by each party's national, and international law. A lawyer would probably argue that, whenever the editor no longer services the product, users de facto have the right to tamper it.
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>>>>On the practical side, no one at microsoft has ever cared, and cares about VFP being decompiled; it's no longer strategic, if it ever was.
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>>>I've contacted Microsoft's legal department to get their official position on VFPA's legality for use in VFP9 Professional by U.S. entities (citizens, corporations).
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>>What a miserable thing to do! You had no obligation to do this, and you've chosen to try to create trouble.
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>>Tamar
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>Tamar, the consensus here is that Rick's position isn't a strong one
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>Having said that, your reply here is interesting, given you've often advocating for reaching out to leaders, governing bodies ("write your local representative, etc.")
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>I don't agree with Rick's position - but probably more curious that you of all people would object and call it "miserable".
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>Am I correct in saying you only advocate activism when you agree with the position? Does obligation lose a moral context if it's not yours?

No, this isn't about activism. He's not advocating for leaders to change the law or the rules. He's tattling.

Tamar