License agreement - violation? Acrobat.
Hya,
I appreciate any kind of feedbacks. Situation: Acrobat reader (7.0.9-1) does not work on my Debian lenny penguin. Here is a part of license agreement. Quote:
Question is: As acrobat is a bash script, I think I can modify it to recognize library version. I am not allowed to modify the script provided. Is there any good way? Did I already violate license agreement? (I traced bash script.) I tried to a submit bug report to Adobe, but it does not seem like I am eligible to do so. Happy Penguins! |
Modifying a script would not likely constitute an infringement.
The intent of the license verbiage is to insure no one makes their own Adobe like product that competes with Adobe. So long as you're using Adobe's software and got it from Adobe they're not likely to mind what you do to get it working on your system. If however, you attempted to put what you did in public domain as an "open source" thing then Adobe might view that as a violation and go after you. However, I doubt they would do that over a bash script - they are trying to protect proprietary code they compiled - not prevent people from installing it. P.S. This is not a "legal" opinion - just an opinion based on common sense. I am not a lawyer so am not qualified to give "legal" opinions. |
I think Adobe will not care if you do this on your personal machine ...
Anyway if you would be permitted do it or not will depend mostly on your national law. Parts of licence agreements can be invalid under national law. |
Hya,
Thanks for your opinions. So, it may not be a good idea to post what I did here. By the way, I found the way to submit a bug report to Adobe, so I did it. Hopefully they will take care of this issue. Happy Penguins! |
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