FoxPro on Linux was InstallFest - Linux Quote

Craig,

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> Subject: RE: InstallFest - Linux Quote
> From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:38:01 -0700
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> just a casual observation...
>
> It seems hypocritical to develop and use any version of
> FoxPro - knowing
> the licensing intentions now and for the future.

CGC has many man Years invested in FoxPro. The effort started some 13-14
years ago. It was a good business decision at the time. To be honest with
you, given the speed with which systems can be developed with FoxPro, I
probably still is.

I personally started coding Fox with FoxBASE 1.0 (in the beginning) long
before it became MS property.

>I smiled
> when you asked
> earlier about FrontPage - anyone who has attempted to resurrect sites
> developed using FP know that it creates obscure, biased code.
>

Having received many responses concerning alternatives to FP, I can't help
but agree. And, I am moving that way.

> If there is one thing that I understand, it's the desire to always run
> the latest and greatest version of whichever tool - despite what you
> have already learned about the company making it - their marketing
> tactics, lock up tactics etc.

Actually, I have FoxPro 7.0 but don't use it. Haven't seen anything in it
that I need.

>
> I stretched my comfort zone on Linux dramatically by refusing
> to always
> use the Windows crutch and learning new programs (Linux
> based) and using
> Linux 99% of the time (desktop publishing...)

I am moving that direction where it is practicable.

>
> I have made no attempt to study the license on any version of FoxPro -
> probably since 2.1 or 3.0. I refuse to believe that there is any
> conceivable way that you could use any version within the terms of the
> EULA on more than one machine with only a single user license.

Actually, under the FoxPro EULA, I can load the development package on any
(and all) computer that "I" use.

Further, I have unlimited distribution rights for the runtime version with
no restrictions placed on OS (ver 6.0). The OS restrictions are for 7.0 and
later.

Still further, using the LTSP model, I see not problem with either 7.0 or
8.0. So you buy a license for the server, who cares. You are servicing
100+ workstations for less than $9.00 per station. That makes for a good
business decision.

>
> More specifically, the EULA itself...try reading through any Microsoft
> product EULA and then GPL license and compare the two. Once you have
> figured out that software is available which doesn't restrict
> where you
> install it, how you install it, give you the source code so
> you can fix
> things, and allow you virtually unfettered rights of
> 're-distribution',

My VFP 6.0 license has all this.

> I fail to see using a Microsoft solution - even within wine as
> acceptable.
>
> Craig

Thanks for your thoughts.