Icarus Help 2004-02-25 - By Ted Southard
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The EULA for my plugins specify that people who buy it aren't to give it out
either, but from a legal standpoint, if I find someone who has given it out
and is not a customer, I can hammer them pretty hard in the courts, no
matter what the EULA says. Simple as that, pick it apart or try to parse it
as much as you want, but it's illegal to distribute software to which you
have no distribution rights, unless it's explicitly stated. The fact that
someone downloads the software and does not install it does NOT give them
the right to copy and distribute that software to those who have not gone to
the company for their own copy, regardless of the EULA which states that
customers can't distribute it.
The whole reason why the rules in the EULA apply to customers is because
it's already a law outside of the EULA, and some applications do allow for
some distribution of the application, so that needs to be specified to the
customers to show them what they can and cannot do with the software. If you
aren't a customer, then you fall under the rule of law, and unless the
license of the software states that it can be freely distributed(which it's
obvious that it can't or else you wouldn't put the effort into sea-lawyer
interpretations of the EULA), you are subject to that law.
Hope that helps.
Ted Southard
DigitalFlux Entertainment, LLC
Ted@(protected)
http://www.DigitalFlux.com
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From: "Weber, Paul A" <paweber@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] Icarus Help
> Ted,
>
> 1. EULA = End User License Agreement; the Icarus EULA was included in the
> file "EULA.rtf" distributed with the software.
> 2. The EULA under which Icarus was distributed supposedly defines the
terms
> of use and distribution of the software.
> 3. My request for help in obtaining a copy of version 2.09 very precisely
> complies with the software owner's terms.
> 4. My request was (and is) to people who may have downloaded the software
> but have NOT INSTALLED AND USED it.
>
> DaveIII,
>
> 1. The University of Manchester (UK), author/owner of Icarus, has not
> responded to my emails concerning Icarus version 2.09
> 2. Icarus was a beta version of what is now a commercial software
product.
> The owners do not distribute Icarus any longer.
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