Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!homxb!mhuxt!mhuxm!mhuxo!ulysses!gamma!mibte!jnj From: jnj@mibte.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c Subject: MSC 5.0 License Agreement Message-ID: <2262@mibte.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 09:11:47 EDT Article-I.D.: mibte.2262 Posted: Thu Jul 9 09:11:47 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 09:05:08 EDT Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company Lines: 19 Xref: utgpu comp.sys.ibm.pc:4835 comp.lang.c:2797 Does anyone know if the 5.0 license agreement will be the same as 4.0? That is, does Microsoft demand that you display THEIR company name on the screen everytime YOUR program is run? I sincerely hope not, and now would be a good time for them to discontinue this practice. I've talked to several people at microsoft and can't convince them that this practice is not in their best interest. I believe in giving proper credit when it is due, but why they feel their compiler/linker is the soul of the program is beyond me. The programs we develop don't even display our OWN company name, and I'm unaware of other software companies that expect this behavior. I really have a hard time recommending any product that uses this forced advertising. Any comments? Jim Jackson (Michigan Bell) mibte!jnj P.S. You DID read the license before you opened the shrink-wrap, didn't you? Disclaimer: This message was generated on an IBM-AT, powered by Detroit Edison, using Wordstar 4.0, on 3M diskettes.