Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Larry Smith
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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msissom@dnaent.com wrote:

> >1) Anybody has the basic right to sell their software for money and
> >withold the code, provided that the software is fully functional and
> >entirely bug-free.
> 
> There will never be any 'commercial code'  released if it must
> satisfy so generic a qualification. No other product must satisfy
> this qualification, why should software?

Quite the contrary.  There is a legal document called "fitness
for use" which clearly spells out that selling anything that
can't do the intended job entitles the purchaser to a full
refund.  Yet it is quite normal for software "break seal"
agreements to eliminate this right.  Why should software not
be subject to the same qualifaction as any other product?

> As soon as the product fails, take it in for repair like any other
> failed product or return it and get your money back. Much simpler.
> That's what I've always done.

Most places will not accept a software return unless the media
is defective, in which case they simply issue a replacement.
None will take a program back just because it doesn't work.

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From: Larry Smith <lcs@zk3.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/06
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