Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: mastercam

All I can say is I agree. License Agreements have got out of hand. The
only thing I found I can do is write my Rep's and join the www.eff.org I
can only hope that we can reverse the process.

At 08:17 AM 10/13/2002 +0100, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "michael pettengill"
> > UPGRADED "old" version can not be sold - the original licensed copy has
>merely been upgraded - its like adding CNC to a mill, once you're done
>installing the CNC, you can't sell the mill.
> >
> > - book companies argued they should be able to restrict a book to the
>original purchaser and make selling (specific) used books illegal.
> >
>This is all very silly and just another way restrictive practices are being
>allowed to creep in despite laws intended to prevent them. How long will it
>be before it is 'illegal' to sell a used car - my new one has 5 'computers'
>with the attendant software which 'might' have been altered/tampered
>with..... Its time people challenged some of these silly 'licenses' which,
>in many cases't actually read until you have opened the product and thus
>implicitly accepted terms which you don't yet know about.
>No need to reply to this as, even though it directly affects everyone trying
>to set up a home cnc project, it is probably considered 'off topic'.
>
>Best wishes,
>Ian
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>Ian W. Wright
>Sheffield, UK
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