From: rbw.qoole@juno.com (Brian Peterson [a.k.a. RBW])
To: ml@qoole.com
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 04:25:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Qoole CD. Whats this restrictive license agreement???


The license agreement applies to Qoole version 2.00 (and above, I
assume), 
and not just to the CD-ROM.  You, as the user, are responsible for
reading 
the text files when you download/install Qoole.  One of these text files 
is named LICENSE.TXT.  Just because you used a previous version of Qoole 
that had a different licensing agreement does not mean that that license 
agreement applies to every other version of the program you use.  The 
authors have every right to change the licensing agreement for a new 
version or even for new users of an older version.  If you are making 
a commercial product and plan on using Qoole in making that product, 
I only see two choices for you: (1) get a new licensing agreement from 
Lithium, or (2) don't use Qoole for the product.

And, Matt and Paul did protect their ass going in... by making the
license 
agreement for v2.00.  Microsoft has often changed the licensing agreement

for certain products when a new version came out... and it was totally, 
absolutely, completely, perfectly legal.  By using the software, you
agree 
to abide by the terms of the license.

-R.B.W

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On Wed, 1 Oct 1997 15:24:56 -0700 "Pedigo, John" <pedigo@segasoft.com>
writes:
>	You've got to be kidding...No mention if money is implied? heh 
>heh amateurs... I think you must remember that a certain percentage of 
>your users are intending their maps to be used for commercial use. 
>They need to know now, if they can use your product for their 
>projects. The problem here is that this involves budgets, deadlines, 
>marketing crap and peoples jobs...If an agreement of licensing use 
>pertaining to commercial use wasn't on the website before now then 
>there is no agreement that can be reached for those of us who have 
>used the product, registered and CD ROM purchasers(thats  debatable, 
>are CDs considered registered? hmmm not clear).Two different 
>agreements? Hmmmm...talk to a lawyer...
>
> 	You should have thought about this earlier...See the problem 
>is you weren't sure how it would do(Qool that is), and you didn't want 
>to charge to much for it(turn off customers, etc.), but you wanted to 
>be able to live off your profits(see The American Dream). Now it's a 
>problem, you have a good product( I personally like it better than 
>Worldcraft, but each has it's own personality) and you could be making 
>more money(we all want that...). Time to make that decision and it 
>needs to be made fast for some of us...If the agreement was up front 
>before, then hey, no problem...In this industry you must protect your 
>ass before you go in...You don't, you get bit...
>
>ped
>