RE: Shockwave Licensing Petition - shockwave *is* free!

[John Dowdell]

If your business client gives their employees the Microsoft CD, then

they'll be able to install Shockwave from that same CD.


If your business client instead installs by server, then they'll need to

license Shockwave.


Basically, yes, sure, if you've got a hard copy then use it. Existing

distribution vectors are fine. But making your own distribution vector

requires compensation.




At 8:06 AM 3/31/98, Robert Koberg wrote:

>I think you misunderstood what I am saying.  First let me say that I don't

>know if this is legal and basically I am more curious than anything. Let

>me try an example to help clarify:

>

>Let's say I develop multimedia content.  Let's also say that I have a huge

>client that wants to use Flash on their INTRANET.  Most of the client

>machines do not have web access.  So we will need to distribute the

>control/plugin to the all the clients internally.

>

>------What I understand is that at this point we need to pay

>macromedia------------

>

>But if we sign up to license Microsoft Internet Explorer, from Microsoft,

>we will be able to distribute the Flash/Director control without having to

>pay Macromedia.  Anyone can sign up to distribute IE4 (for free).




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