Thanks Roy & Wolfgang My concerns are answered
Regards Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Software pirates in our midst? > > >Hi Roy > >Nice to hear from you, just one little point here which I don't > >think I missed. If D&D use SMSQ/E which you refer to in you other > >email, that was sold with Q40, and abide by that license, nobody > >would object. Yes > They can use it but they cannot sell it or revise it. Once the old > licence was finished it was closed and the new one took over. > >. > >I was concerned by a remark by Wolfgang to the effect that if a > >copy of SMSQ/E was lost, like bread, a new copy had to be paid > >for. OK(maybe), but as the old license stood you upgraded, > >replaced, etc. We lost 2 complete systems to lightning last > >month, luckily we managed to recover most things from other > >machines, but if a 3rd machine had been on at the time that would > >not have been possible. Now, because of the new license I assume > >we would have to repurchase SMSQ/E (OK). Which license would it > >be under, old or new?? > No you not have to replace the SMSQ/E because you have the code on the > disk which you bought. Even if you lost the disk or destroyed the disk, > as others have done, you would still be able to get a replacement from > me because I had proof of purchase in the form of your invoice. I would > only charge cost shipping it to you. The licence would be irrelevant > because I would be replacing the old copy. > > > >You stoutly deny revising SMSQ/E, I was talking about David > >Gillhams revision of the code, you were the seller. > >.Just putting record straight. nothing to do with money. > > > SMSQ/E is a modular system David Gilham's code did not change any of > Tony Tebby's it added a module in a way described by TT himself. That > module added in support for soft resets in superHermes. I also added the > superHermes keyboard code. I did this for you because you did not want > to do it yourself. The code for adding modules to SMSQ/E has been around > for a while and is freely available. D&D expressly state in their > adverts that they have 'changed' the code. (See the last issue of > Quanta). This is a different matter. > -- > Roy Wood > Q Branch, 20 Locks Hill Portslade. Sussex. BN41 2LB. UK > Tel : +44 (0)1273 386030 Fax : +44 (0)1273 430501 (New number!) > Mobile +44(0)7836 745501 > Web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk > > >
