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Article #658Re: Borland C++ 4.5 For Sale
From: Zeus
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 00:00
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|>|> 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 | Where did you buy 5.0x for $50? Was it a student discount? And, I was stating that it was legal to sell the progs you make. Zeus
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f79ee,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf79ee,public X-Google-Thread: 10edc6,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10edc6,public X-Google-Thread: 11431d,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid11431d,public X-Google-Thread: 108b44,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid108b44,public X-Google-Thread: 167642,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid167642,public X-Google-Thread: 10b7bb,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b7bb,public X-Google-Thread: 114592,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid114592,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1e795e8ae05c22b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: "Zeus" <yeah@right.com> Subject: Re: Borland C++ 4.5 For Sale Date: 1997/11/18 Message-ID: <64t31e$p0v@dns.okc> X-Deja-AN: 290545264 References: <346D64DA.7CDA@usa.net> <64l8ia$337@camel21.mindspring.com> <qMLjfHADUvb0EwF2@chrism.demon.co.uk> <64njq1$44o@camel21.mindspring.com> <64nsqo$rcu@dns.okc> <64r8pl$qan@news.wcc.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: Ethos Communications Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.lang.c++,ctdl.lang.c++,ibm.ibmpc.c++,it.comp.lang.c++,sb.lang.c++,alt.comp.shareware.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,alt.mud.programming