Oh oh, you may be correct in your surmise Craig, but in being correct you also point out the need for some new law cases to challenge that very practice...(as long as it is not me!):O)

The first paragraph on this site shows Exactly WHY I wouldn't want it to be me challenging this!

http://www.lclark.edu/~phan/writings/whattodo.html


>That is a political issue. The fact is that here in the US, the courts have upheld EULAs and shrink wrap licensing.
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>>And therein lies the entire problem. Software should not be treated any differently than music, books etc. When I buy a CD or a book, I am bound by the same laws of copyright etc that protect the software producers. BUT! I can otherwise do what I like with the product.
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>>The whole concept of licensing and eulas in the software industry is a legal nightmare for normal human beings and should be done away with (if not voluntarily, then by Government decree).
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>>It also seems to me that requiring that a Microsoft product be used only in conjunction with another Microsoft product directly contravenes the spirit of the Justice department case decisions. I thought tied-sellling was illegal.
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>Can you tell me how MS has tied the selling of VFP to the selling of Windows? I see nothing in the EULA that says I have to own Windows to use VFP.