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I haven't read the license agreement, and don't plan to.

HOWEVER, almost all software licenses include a clause the prohibits
modification of the object or executable code in any way.  If this provision
is contained in the QB license agreement, it would apparently outlaw Qtable.

Of course, as Mike said, these creeps are trying to copyright public domain
information in the first place, so I certainly think users are justified in
violating the copyright in any way they wish to.  I'm on record in this
forum as promoting the free exchange of QB tax table updates.

Somehow, I don't think this small violation of the QB license agreement
would bother me.


"Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A." <mblockNO_SPAM@blocktax.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 12:35:45 -0800, "T Bennett"
> <todd_bennett@polyconcepts.com> wrote:
>
> >Just that question: Is qtable legal?
>
> I am biased towards all QB add-ons. Fortunately, QB is now
> biased that way as well. By 2002 you will have many new QB
> add-ons, including payroll programs.
>
> QB takes public domain tax tables, adds minimal programming
> and claims they produce a copyrighted tax table. I am not an
> attorney, but I understand it is fundamental copyright law that you
> cannot copyright public domain items this way.
>
> Qtable does not provide a tax table. It simply tells QB that
> the properly licensed tax table, which QB has, is current. As a
> CPA I know there is no record of a government agency ever
> bothering a small business using obsolete tax tables or forms.
> There also is no damage, in that employees get credit for tax
> actually withheld, not amounts what should have been withheld.
>
> Of course, Qtable lets you keep using the table after QB would
> like it to expire. A significant number of QB users are not happy
> with expiring tables. Intuit has not contacted Qtable's developer
> to object to it. If they tried to kill Qtable they might publicize it,
> creating more sales. They might not win on the public domain
> issue. It also would be costly, as Qtable does not do business
> in the U.S. and has had multiple web sites. Therefore, Qtable
> may or may not be legal, but it may not matter.
>
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