You'll find that most of your compliance with their terms would be hard to enforce until you have to start documenting things related to them. So if whatever you're doing turned into a commercial endeavor or became high visibility in some other way, then they'd be able to ensure you're abiding by the TOS. Up until that point they probably won't know and probably won't care.
On 8/24/2011 9:51 AM, Katherine Moss wrote:
That's why I wonder about the seriousness of license agreements because it almost seems as if licenses are just there to scare you. For instance, I have a Dreamspark license, and the way microsoft words it, it almost seems as if they have ways to figure out where you're putting your visual studio programs and creations. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:40 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: NVDA and Eloquence Well I doubt it they would first have to catcht them and since most people don't give access to either of them to your computer it would be hard for them to catch you. ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:02 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Alex Hall Subject: Re: NVDA and Eloquence Does anyone know whether either Freedom Scientific or Nuance have threatened legal action if a blind individual uses NVDA with Eloquence? Jamal On 8/24/2011 8:16 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:Thanks, Alex. Since posting my previous message on this topic, someone sent me the following link to a blog post on the NVDA site: http://www.nvda-project.org/blog/NVDAAndEloquenceSituation I am still interested in further discussion if anyone has additional information or perspective. Jamal On 8/24/2011 7:57 AM, Alex Hall wrote:My understanding is that it is not illegal. The illegal part is the step many take to accomplish it, loading an illegal dll to provide Eloquence speech. This dll is from the makers of Eloquence, but is passed around the internet for free, even though the makers should be getting their royalty for every time it is used. In fact, there is a survey by NVDA makers to determine interest in providing Eloquence for NVDA (at a cost). Of course, that would be perfectly legal, since NV Access would pay for the distribution rights, then recoop the cost from users' paying the one-time fee for Eloquence under their copy of NVDA. On 8/24/11, Jamal Mazrui<empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: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 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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