I would suppose the problem is Freedom has paid the licenses to use
eloquence and if you change the way they install eloquence by changing
registries you are breaking the license. Thus while technically its
illegal
I doubt anyone is going to come in in a black trench coat and take your
computer. I would however point out that you can now buy a copy of nvda
for
like 10 bucks and get a much better experience with what used to be ibm
via
voice.
ken
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:37 AM
To: programmingblind
Subject: NVDA and Eloquence
I am trying to understand the legal issues around use of NVDA with the
Eloquence speech installed with JAWS. I have heard that it is
technically easy to make this work, thereby substantially improving the
NVDA experience. On the blind-mozilla list, however, it was stated that
this is absolutely illegal to do, and even discussion of the topic was
prohibited on the list. I did not realize this was such a controversial
topic, but trust that we can at least discuss it here, being careful as
appropriate not to encourage particular actions.
As I think we know, just because a company says that some activity is an
impermissible use of software does not make it so. For example, I have
heard of the "Jailbreak" issue with the iPhone, and that this has been
deemed legal by an authoritative body, despite initial protests by a
company. Am I understanding that right?
So, I am interested in any official statement that asserts the
illegality of using Eloquence with NVDA. Can someone point me to a web
page?
Please understand that I am not encouraging such activity, especially
since my knowledge of the topic is limited at present. I do think,
however, that if people are being told that something is absolutely
illegal that they deserve some kind of authoritative reference for that
assertion, given the corresponding implication that one would be a
criminal to do so.
Jamal
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