TSCC license

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Michael,

Hey man..it's just a friggin codec ;-) LOL

'course that being said, you may be in the codec design business, and I 
can certainly understand why you wouldn't wish to agree to something 
which you may later be involved in competing against.

btw, you ought to check out the one Apple or MS wants you to agree to 
before installing their OS...it's long too.

Though, I do admit, our (USA) propensity for legal action is way out of 
balance. Heck, it was recently revealed that MS has been backing SCO to 
the tune of over $100 million, just to sue and spread fud amongst others.

Just wondering, other than the length, big words and legalese, what 
specifically was objectionable in the license agreement?

best,

Chipp

Michael J. Lew wrote:

> Did anyone read the license agreement for the TSCC codec before clicking 
> through and having it installed? It is 23969 characters long (Rev 
> counted them for me ;-) and includes definitions such as:
> The above identification of parties and recitals are true and correct.
> and:
> The term "access" and variants thereof (including, but not limited to, 
> the terms "access", "accessible" and "accessing", in upper or lower 
> case) shall mean to store data in, retrieve data from or otherwise 
> approach or make use of (directly or indirectly) through electronic 
> means or otherwise.
> 
> Is this a joke or should I get something like that drafted for my Rev 
> projects?
> 
> I chose not to install the software. I guess I'll have to live without 
> Chipp's geometry manager tutorial.
> 
>