LDSC: Re: Local Unit Desktop 5.5

Russell Hltn russellhltn at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 23:12:45 CST 2007


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Point taken.  But WWJD?


On 3/7/07, zeblonite <archimel_of_leafcull at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > NOT the way I see it. "Church" use is NOT private
> > and in almost ALL
> > cases would be a Violation of the License.
>
> It's both legal and moral as I see it.
>
> Legally, the license uses words like "intended" and "should
> consider."  The license places no legal restriction on the
> software's use.  In addition, "private" is often used to mean "non-
> commercial", which church use most certainly is.  No matter how you
> interpret "private", non-private use is not a violation of the
> license.
>
> Morally, the wording of the license sounds to me like they are
> saying "use it anywhere you want, but we hope you'll buy the upgrade
> if you use it in a commerical environment."  The freeware is nothing
> more than advertising for their paid product.  If you don't need the
> advanced features of the paid product then you have no moral
> obligation to buy it, nor do you have a moral obligation to stop
> using the free version.  It isn't shareware, it isn't trialware,
> it's freeware.
>
> - Darryl

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