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Imagine you license a word processor this way, would it then be a violation to use that word processor to edit your resume?
by shawnz 4y ago
Imagine you license a word processor this way, would it then be a violation to use that word processor to edit your resume?
- Kwpolska 4y agoMicrosoft Office does that: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/licence-to-show-a-powerpoint-presentation/a1d3f8fa-59ed-43f0-bb6f-2cee399910b1 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/licen... It might be technically a violation, but nobody’s going to send a license audit to a private citizen.
- tediousdemise 4y agoTechnically, yes! A perfect example of an edge case that I knew would be difficult to find. Very clever!
- shawnz 4y agoTo be clear I'm not just trying to be a pedant and poke holes in your legalese here. I'm trying to show that it is genuinely hard to draw a line between what kinds of profit seeking are morally acceptable and what are not. People generally deserve to seek out prosperity, and I suspect in most cases trying to differentiate between these cases will end up being a game of "people richer than me have to pay, people poorer get it for free" which is way less morally justified than the current situation with software licenses.