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!gatech!emory!platt From: platt@emory.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C Message-ID: <2172@emory.uucp> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 21:30:11 EDT Article-I.D.: emory.2172 Posted: Fri Jul 10 21:30:11 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:37:22 EDT References: <381@aucs.UUCP> <875@kodak.UUCP> <1206@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <1060@killer.UUCP> <305@ashtate.UUCP> Reply-To: platt@emory.UUCP (Dan Platt) Distribution: world Organization: Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta Lines: 39 In article <305@ashtate.UUCP> cy@ashtate.UUCP (Cy Shuster) writes: >In article <1060@killer.UUCP> toma@killer.UUCP (Tom Armistead) writes: >>Now that I have Turbo C, I have sold my copy of MSC 4.0, >>for about $100.00. > >Just a reminder: most software is not *sold* to you, but *licensed* for >your use only. The MS License Agreement reads: "As the LICENSEE, you own >the magnetic or other media on which the SOFTWARE is originally or subse- >quently recorded or fixed, but Microsoft retains title and ownership of the >SOFTWARE recorded on the original disk and all subsequent copies... In no >event may you transfer, assign, rent, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of >the SOFTWARE..." > >--Cy-- cy@ashtate.UUCP I feel the need to correct your stand on the standard Microsoft agreement. It states: 1) Grant of License. Microsoft grants to you the right to use this copy of a Microsoft language compiler program (the "compiler") and to distribute your programs created using the compiler. You may not network the compiler or otherwise use it on more than one computer (i. e. a single CPU) at the same time. The compiler is owned by Microsoft and is protected by US copywrite laws... 2)... (concerns the distribution of programs developed with Microsoft compilers) 3) Other restrictions. You may not rent or lease the compiler, but you MAY TRANSFER IT ON A PERMINANT BASIS if the person receiving it agrees to the terms of this agreement. 4)... (You can't blame Microsoft if you are sued for a program you sold and developed with Microsoft software). There was a big ruckus about software developers selling products developed with MS compilers (Microsoft's license agreement wouldn't let you sell things developed with their libraries). Since then, several things have changed, but you need to acknowlege them in your documentation and in the program id header at the start of execution. You may also sell your programs as they become obsolete due to upgrades or otherwise. Dan