Re: The penny hasn't dropped yet...
From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:10 +1100
Message-ID: <hmv134$9u2$3_at_news.eternal-september.org>
joel garry wrote,on my timestamp of 6/03/2010 4:22 AM:
>> On Mar 5, 12:51 am, John Hurley <johnbhur..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Oracle used to sell separate upgrade licensing and support licensing,
>> back in the pre-6 days.
>> Guess why they bundled both into a single licence? ;)
>> I wonder if anyone ever tested the legality under common law of them
>> doing so...
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:10 +1100
Message-ID: <hmv134$9u2$3_at_news.eternal-september.org>
joel garry wrote,on my timestamp of 6/03/2010 4:22 AM:
> On Mar 4, 6:52 pm, Noons <wizofo..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 12:51 am, John Hurley <johnbhur..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Oracle used to sell separate upgrade licensing and support licensing,
>> back in the pre-6 days.
>> Guess why they bundled both into a single licence? ;)
>> I wonder if anyone ever tested the legality under common law of them
>> doing so...
> > Which law would that be? > http://www.ipinfoblog.com/archives/licensing-law-issues-flawed-ali-software-contract-principles.html
They don't operate in one country alone and the laws of that country are not the ones of the rest of the world... Received on Sat Mar 06 2010 - 20:00:10 CST