Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig5!tekig4!briand From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: LaCie disk drives Message-ID: <2881@tekig4.TEK.COM> Date: 31 May 88 19:41:53 GMT References: <8805242007.AA05647@decwrl.dec.com> <565@cats.cvedc.UUCP> <710@lakesys.UUCP> Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 17 >The LaCie Silver Server/Silver Lining software sure sounds like it is more >useful and offers more varied capabilities than some of the utilities from >other drive manufacturers. However, is it really legal to use this sort of >software on our homebrew drive or your drive from another company if you have >not purchased a LaCie drive and software? > >I'd like to know, should I be in the position someday to use the Silver Server/Silver Lining software, if I could legally do so without buying it. No, you cannot use Silver Lining without buying "it." "It," however, no longer implies buying the drive. When Silver Server came out, they packaged a disk with Silver Server and Silver Lining together, and now sell it separately from the drives. -- -Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply) Tektronix, Inc. briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand