Re: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors"

On Tuesday 30 October 2001 11:01 am, Brad Stone wrote:

> Or maybe the difference between selling and modifying isn't
> quite clear.  Sure, I said "you can do what you want with
> it" but as long as you want to take it that far, why not use
> the analogy of taking the install CD and decapitating
> someone with it.  That would have made your point much
> clearer.

Quite wrong, decapitating people happens to be against the law. Selling
things I own isn't.

> Practices in different types of markets have their quirks
> only because someone started it and others followed, because
> it was a benifit to them, not their consumer.

Sometimes that "benefit" is necessary to stay in business. In that case, it
can very well be a benefit to the customer. If it was not possible for any
software developer to protect their rights and thus make a profit, then there
might not be as much software available to the consumer.

Just because I want products for free doesn't mean it is wrong of a company
to charge for them. If they discover that there are market influences that
can destroy their ability to stay in business, they should have every right
to license their sales in a fashion to stay in business. This gives me, the
consumer, the option of dealing with them and accepting their license or
choosing to go to a competitor.

It might be that the license rules make the product of less value than moving
to the competition. Then, the consumer moves. But I'd be crazy to insist that
the company simply do business at a loss in order to make me happy as a
customer.

> Brad

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