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EULA for VFP9...what the heck is THIS??
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15/03/2005 17:20:03
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
 
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00996016
Message ID:
00996118
Views:
33
>The most annoying thing about it is that Micro$oft has intentionally made this extreamly vauge. There is no question that this was done on purpose by their army of lawyers.
>Furthermore, they REFUSE to claify - they won't even answer your questions about this.
>Ask Ken Levy - "Can I run my VFP application on Linuix, yes or no?" and I'll bet you anything that he will refuse to answer the question. As matter of fact - no one at Micro$oft will answer the question. Now maybe that's changed a little bit with this new EULA and someone at Micro$oft *might* actually have the guts to tell you NO, but I doubt it.
>Of course Micro$oft needs to have EULA for VFP, but perhaps it would be a good idea if they gave us one that actually said what we CAN and CAN NOT do. This one does not tell you. The only thing I see that could protect us (VFP developers) if Micro$oft decided to come at you, would be to represent yourself in court, then be sure to file at least 15 to 20 motions a week, file a countersuit, and bury the court in so much ridicilious work that the judge handling the case finally steps in and says enough is enough.

I guess this may be decided by trial and error: if VFP9 can run under another OS, than it's not technically limited to windows, hence the limitation doesn't exist, Q.E.D.

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