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Boileau
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Licence expiration
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I just received a copy of Cinderella from my University for evaluating the possibility of acquiring a site license.
Besides the difficulties I encountered when trying to make the software (Macintosh version) accept the licence informations, I am bugged by a more fundamental question: the expiration date of the license. What happens of all the work done by teachers and students if the Cinderella project is ever shut down?
Perhaps it seems a theoritical and futile question to some of you , but this kind of situation happened many times in our institution, and with products that were appently in good health: HyperCard? and Object Logo, to name only two. Fortunately, in those two cases, the license is and will remain valid.
I understand the right of software developers to protect their investment, but not against honest users.
What kind of guarantee can you provide?
André
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