John,

Thank you very much for this real contribution to our world.

As you point out, other opinions - notably Microsoft's - are on the table,

but from the sounds of your argument and your research, the law may well

come to our (and as you also point out, our customer's) rescue here.

Here's hoping that VFP is helping you in some way now, and more so in the

future.

Bill

> On May 2, John Peterson took issue with my article at

> http://interactionlaw.com/interactionlaw/id12.html (Microsoft Risks

> Copyright Impotence). As a student of the law, he was apparently

> unimpressed by the fact that I cited only one case in support of my

> position. On Sunday, Mr. Peterson sent a terse e-mail chiding my

> failure to respond. I do so now, with apologies to non-lawyers for the

> length and the legalese.

...

John