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[Fred A. Miller]

On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:34 am, Don Parris wrote:

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> Just out of curiosity, Have you tried the 2.0 beta of OOo yet,
> Nathan?  It should work a bit better.

Yes......VERY nice!

> This is one reason I have such difficulty with restrictive EULAs.  I can
> resell my old books, but cannot give away my old software CD.  It's pure
> stupidity.  I should have that right with software.  EULAs often expand
> beyond the bounds of what copyright was intended to accomplish.  To me, it
> is an affront to freedom.

It's another reason that I WON'T use MickySoft......NONE, NADA, PERIOD!! I 
give away most of my old SUSE CDs, which IS legal.

> As a sidenote, check out Lessig's "Free Culture".  I'm willing to say a
> good many people don't know what a "pirate" Walt Disney was.  Or for that
> matter, how about your local cable company (at least the earliest ones)?
>  Cable was really not so different from, say, Napster (redistributing
> content), even though the implications are somewhat different.
>
> I do not believe that Christians should violate EULAs.  Of course, I think
> it's a bad idea to use software with such restrictive license terms to
> begin with.

Yes......just say "NO" to MickySoft!!

Fred

-- 
The only bug free software from MickySoft is still shrink-wrapped
in their warehouse..."