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Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:06:55 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Re: Warpstock 2003 Presentation

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Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
>
> "...there's something called a "container" which the
> program loads with information and then instructs
> PM to display. Well, PM fails to do this..."
>
> Peter,
>
> . . . this is only one of the several
> items in your adventures with Relish . . .

The other stuff was relatively minor, whereas the "disappearing data"
was cause for apoplexy.

> Somehow the lawyers came up with the software
> licensing agreement where what you paid for
> was not a product itself, but only its use.

Umm, in the Old West there was something called a Livery where you could
rent a horse when you needed it. You paid for the _use_ of the horse.

While there were probably a couple of lawyers in Dodge City, my
understanding is that the law for horse thiefs was often administered
immediately and mechanically.

> Thus open source offers "freedoms" not available with
> closed source and its standard software "use" licensing.

Noble is your quest. Keep at it. :)

- Peter

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