amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) (09/13/90)
In article <8000079@m.cs.uiuc.edu> jfernand@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >Recently, I've encountered stick-on labels on software boxes >indicating distribution restrictions such as: >"For distribution in the USA and Canada only"...... > >1. My first question is, what are the reasons behind these distribution > >2. If I buy such restricted software in the states, can I take it > >3. Do all such software have "export versions?" > 1A. I understand that the reason is because of the different and varied import, export laws, and copywrite & license restrictions/enforcement laws. Some countries are very very very bad in some or all of these areas. 2A. Guess that would depend on the actual legal reason. DO you suppose that if microsoft is legally responsible for taxes if you were to bring your own ms C into, say brazil, that they would ring you up and ask you to return your disks for violating the license agreement ? 3A. Guess that would depend on the company, the product, and the country in questions reasons... I have commonly found that if or when available, non US licenses are terribly expensive. al -- Al. Michielsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University InterNet: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu amichiel@sunrise.acs.syr.edu Bitnet: AMICHIEL@SUNRISE
wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) (09/19/90)
In article <8000079@m.cs.uiuc.edu> jfernand@m.cs.uiuc.edu asks about
software packages with warnings limiting distribution to the US and
Canada.
While some instances of this practice may in fact be due to export
restrictions on high-tech stuff, in other cases it is done simply to
discourage "gray-market" sales to other parts of the world. For
example, Borland has special versions of its products which it dis-
tributes to countries in Europe.
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