[Ti] about the Safari Beta v.64 license .....

[Robert Ameeti]

>At 07:05 -0800 12-3-2003, Steve Wozniak wrote:
>>At 8:07 AM -0500 3/12/03, John R McDaniel wrote:
>> >I'm done with this.
>> >Woz ?  Shawn ?
>>
>>Possession of stolen property is a similar concept and applies even
>>if you didn't know the item was stolen.
>>
>>This is an area where the individual decides how ethical they want
>>to be, when getting away with something is likely. We all have
>>limits so each of us can say that we are honest, with cases where we
>>pay for things that could be gotten for free, and we can all say
>>that we fudge on minor things, like speeding. I myself am way out on
>>the honest side regarding agreements regarding software,
>
>Steve - I checked out what the software license agreement itself allows:
>
>The Safari v64 License states:
>
>SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
>PUBLIC BETA
>
>THIS IS TRIAL, PRE-RELEASE, TIME-LIMITED SOFTWARE MEANT FOR
>EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY. 
>This License allows you to download and use the Apple Software during
>the term of this License for evaluation purposes only.
>
>........will terminate automatically without notice from Apple upon the commercial release of the Apple Software, or June 30, 2003, whichever occurs first.
>
>It seems to me that if we the public are downloading and evaluating the beta software, we are within the permission of the license.  Or is my analysis too simplistic?

A bit too simplistic. The license applies to those who have received the software with the permission of the owner, not for every Tom, Dick, and Harry that obtains possession of it. Possession does not create rights to possess.

If I give my son a note to get back into class after having missed school, that request for admission back to school does not get granted to every friend of my son's who obtains a copy of my son's note.
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Robert Ameeti
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I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
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