8 May
2001
8 May
'01
12:17 a.m.
On Mon, 7 May 2001 14:34:16 -0600 Mark Gregory
<gregorym(a)cadvision.com> wrote:
I think this is standard boilerplate for software
that's not tested and
guaranteed to be fault-tolerant. I know I've seen something similar on
Amiga OS 3.5 and 3.9 licences. I remember grinning about the "nuclear
facilities" part.
When I worked on presentation graphics software, back in
1986/7 (long before PowerPoint!), we made a sale to a
nuclear power station. They wanted to buy the software for
the usual training and management applications, but weren't
allowed to. We had to re-write the software licence
agreement for them, so that it would pass their buying
policy -- which applied to *all* software they bought. I
forget the details, but they were not allowed to buy
software under a licence that could be revoked, leaving
them unable to use it. All this seemed very odd to a
newly-graduated geek like myself...
Oh, the software was called the Enhanced Personal
Presentation System, or EPPS. Anyone ever heard of it?
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England