Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!fmsrl7!mibte!jnj From: jnj@mibte.UUCP (Jim Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: MSC 5.0 License Agreement Message-ID: <2412@mibte.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 09:48:23 EST Article-I.D.: mibte.2412 Posted: Mon Nov 30 09:48:23 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 03:38:23 EST Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company Lines: 23 Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:5646 comp.sys.ibm.pc:10617 misc.legal:4157 Regarding item #2 on the MICROSOFT COMPILER LICENSE: 2. DISTRIBUTION OF RUNTIME MODULES. Microsoft grants to you a royalty-free right to reproduce and distribute the runtime modules of the COMPILER provided that you: (a) ... (b) do not use Microsoft's name, logo, or trademarks to market your software product; (c) include Microsoft's copyright notice for the COMPILER on your product label and as part of the sign-on message for your software product; and (d) .... The "runtime modules" are those files in the COMPILER that are identified in the documentation as required as required during execution of your compiled programs. The runtime modules are limited to runtime files, install files, and ISAM and REBUILD files. Why, oh why would I want to display Microsoft's copyright notice on a sign-on message for MY software product (c)??? And if I did, isn't this a form of advertising/marketing that is expressly forbidden in (b)? I really have a problem with (c). Why should Microsoft get top billing when we programmers do all the work? Or am I reading too much into this? DISCLAIMER: This message was created on 3M diskettes by an IBM/AT powered by Detroit Edison. Jim Jackson {gamma|ihnp4}!mibte!jnj