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Re: Borland C++ 4.5 For Sale

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From: Ahriman God
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 00:00
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In article <64nsqo$rcu@dns.okc>, yeah@right.com says...
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>Malcolm wrote in message <64njq1$44o@camel21.mindspring.com>...
>|Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>|
>|> In article <64l8ia$337@camel21.mindspring.com>, Malcolm <get@a-life.com>
>|> writes
>|> >Dude, you are up against a wall here.  People are giving away BC 4.52
>|> >with books and magazines.  You'll be hard pressed to get 150 clams for
>|> >it.
>|> >
>|
>|> There's a big difference. The Borland products being given away on
>|> magazine covers (Borland Delphi, for example, is on the cover this month
>|> of one of the mags that I buy each month) do NOT come with a
>|> distribution licence - it's illegal to distribute software written with
>|> these versions of the software.
>|
>|> They're fine for learning with, but that's all you can do with them.
>|
>|> Chris
>|
>|Funny, that's not what the "no-nonsense" license agreement in my
>|version says.  And I got it with a book from SAMS publishing.
>
> From Learn to Program w/ C ver 2.0 (BC++ 4.52)
>  "You may reproduce and distribute, in executable form, programs which you
>create using this software, w/o additional fees or licenses"
>
>
Let's quit being friggin idiots, huh?  1)  Why should I PAY for a copy of 4.52 
when I could simply pay 50$ for 5.0x?  Furthermore, if whatshisface wants to 
sell his 4.52, so be it.  There's no infringement of copyright's there...think 
on it.

ahriman@wcc.net
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From: ahriman@wcc.net (Ahriman God)
Subject: Re: Borland C++ 4.5 For Sale
Date: 1997/11/18
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