david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com (02/02/90)
r You don"t MEAN you put COPIES of software that DIFFERENT computers can ACCESS .... Tsk Tsk Tsk..... what would the copyright gods say? See infintesimal print at bottom of copyright notices about being used on ONE computer, etc. etc. BTW we use Appleshare here on a Plus with very few problems , it's fairly speedy (mostly text Ms 4.x stuff. PM 3.x files are sloooow, but that's to be expectd. Hafa Adai from Guam Where America's Day begins
denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (02/03/90)
From article <26499@cup.portal.com>, by david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com: > r > You don"t MEAN you put COPIES of software that > DIFFERENT computers can ACCESS .... > > Tsk Tsk Tsk..... what would the copyright > gods say? > > See infintesimal print at bottom of copyright > notices about being used on ONE computer, etc. etc. Yes, that is exactly what I mean. Note, however that only one computer can use any given program AT A TIME. That is, two people can not be simultaneously using Ready Set Go (for example), since I only have one copy on the server. As far as copyright goes, this is not a problem. I have only one copy executing for each copy of the software that I have purchased. Copies are being made only from disk to memory in the normal course of execution of the application. This is all that the copyright law is concerned with (in this respect). If you really worry about this sort of thing (which I have to), read your license agreements. Both Claris's and Microsoft's license specifically permit this sort of activity. Borland and Symantec both state that it can be used on only one CPU at a time, but don't mention networks. I am following this license, since all others are locked out when someone is using any given copy. In the old days, Microsoft's license said that their applications could not be "transfered over networks". I called them and specifically asked them if it was ok to use it from a file server that guarantees single use. They told me that this was ok. Evidently, their concern was with people using things like FTP and public folder. I recommended that they change their license so to say that this was ok. I can not say that I caused the change, but they now permit it. I have called many vendors and asked this specific question and recommended that they specifically include language to this effect in their license agreement. I returned one package when I felt that I could not live with the license agreement. (They were concerned with who else I did business, but this is not relevant). Have YOU called any vendors and questioned the language on any of your software packages' agreements? BTW, I have not yet tackled use on hard drives. Most licenses state that you may make one copy, for backup purposes only. I (and everyone else) make a copy, use the copy, and store the original for the backup. While this obeys the spirit of the license, it doesn't obey the letter. -- William C. DenBesten is denbeste@bgsu.edu or denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet