Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:21:57 +0100 |
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On 2005-02-14, at 17:00, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:03:45AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> Can you see Ford Motors telling >> someone that you can't go work for GM if you drive a Ford? > > You paid for the Ford. Suppose Ford offered to give you the car but > said if you take it then you can't go work at GM because this car is > ahead of their technology. > > See the difference? It's one thing if you plunked your money down and > took the standard license or a negotiated license. You are getting > an expensive product and not paying any money for it. The payment is > the terms you agree to in the license and the obligations of those > terms. That payment may be unacceptable to you, which is your choice.
More and more you are simply giving yourself the image of dishonesty. Yours supposed "license terms" sound somehow like the advertisement where you are supposed to be entitled for a "big prize", which you will be able to receive immediately after you order some additional crap for real money.
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