Software Licensing

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1 total messages Started by Whistle Blower Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00

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Author: Whistle Blower
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00

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Hi, I need help to understand off-the-shelf software licensing. Suppose 4 
years back you bought X software which happens to be an authoring tool. 
You checked the licensing agreement and created X++ software using X 
software.

Today, the software company has decided to change their licensing 
agreement. All of a sudden you find that your investment of software, 
hardware, time and aspirations all vanish overnight so to speak because 
they have made your X++ software illegal.

Question: Can a software company selling a off-the-shelf development tool 
change its licensing agreement so drastically? If Microsoft and Borland 
were to announce that they have both decided to change their licensing 
agreement so that the EXE and DLL you created with C/C++ will require you 
to pay them a royalty fee if you want to distribute them; will you 
accept? Is this kind of action legally enforceable.

Thank you for your reply. Please do not send your reply via private 
e-mail. The software X in question is Asymetrix ToolBook. However, they 
have an exception which is Express Author from IAT. Asymetrix claimed 
that Express Author is legal because IAT is their business partner cum 
authorized training centre. Can Asymetrix use this excuse to decide 
whether a software is legal while another is illegal.

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