[not entirely OT] proper terms for grades of freedom

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

Oron Peled <oron at actcom.co.il> writes:

>     * Which, BTW, means all those NDA/Escrow plans are totally wothless.

Well, Oron, let's not get all carried away. You seem to be focused on
crapware that does not even compile and cannot be maintained, and in
those cases you are completely right. However, escrow plans exist to
make sure the SW is actually maintainable by the user or by third
parties in case the vendor cannot provide support for one reason or
another, and such maintainability is verified before any contract is
signed (unless the cusomer is a complete muppet). That's why an NDA is
signed before anything else - to perform such verification.

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Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org