Am 08.02.2013 12:50, schrieb Paul Davis:
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> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:38 AM, david <gnome@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
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> I do realize that I sound pig-headed, but a license is an
> agreement.
> If you didn't sign one, how can you possibly violate the terms?
>
> "3. The Licensee has no permission to sell, licence, give-away
> and/or
> distribute the Licensed Software Developer Kit or parts of it
> in any
> way, on any medium, including the Internet, to any other person,
> including sub-licensors of the Licensee or companies where the
> Licensee has any involvement. This includes re-working this
> specification, or reverse-engineering any products based upon this
> specification."
>
> The Licensee, Dave, is someone who has been granted a licence.
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>
> Using something without agreeing to the terms (licence) under
> which the provider of that something offers it is theft. "Of
> course I can steal and use your $50000 software: I never agreed to
> your license!" "Of course I can steal and use your car: I never
> agreed that it's yours!"
>
>
> as has been patiently explained, vestige is a CLEAN ROOM reverse
> engineered version of VST, that was created by someone who did NOT
> download the VST SDK, did not USE the VST SDK to develop it, did not
> obtain anything from steinberg to develop it.
>
Dave, as a addition: That have nothing to do with accept the license or
not, only, when you have sign the license, you cant do a CLEAN ROOM
reverse engineering of the VST SDK any more, because you have properly
had a look at the source. Therefrom you get a knowledge which you are
didn't allow to use.
> making a parallel with theft is borderline offensive. do you not
> understand what the term "clean room reverse engineering" means?
>
> now of course, you're free to allege that vestige could not have been
> or was not developed in "clean room" style, but that is an entirely
> separate claim.
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