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| DATE | 2005-03-06 |
| FROM | From: "Michael L. Richardson"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Fw: [wwwac] origin of software licensing (?)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Pardi
To: wwwac
Subject: [wwwac] origin of software licensing (?)
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 08:44:55 -0500
Does anyone know the origin of software licensing? It came up in
discussion
the other day in reference to Macromedia's piggy-backing 3rd party
applications (Yahoo tool bar, Weatherbug) with the install of their
Shockwave/Director and Flash plug-ins.
Macromedia used to have a non-compete clause in their
Shockwave/Director
EULA to prevent developers from distributing generic standalone
executables
("stub" projectors) as well as a prohibition of generic game playback
executables (to prevent competition with their failed "Shockmachine"
venture). They have changed the EULA terms as it suits them and it got
me
to thinking about this licensing model. Has software always been
licensed
rather than sold outright?
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