LDSC: Re: Local Unit Desktop 5.5

Tom Walker tlwalker at nethere.com
Thu Mar 8 11:31:43 CST 2007


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OR how about "AVOID the Very Appearance of Evil"  :-)

Tom Walker

Russell Hltn wrote:

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> Point taken.  But WWJD?
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> 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
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>> > cases would be a Violation of the License.
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>> It's both legal and moral as I see it.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> - Darryl
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