General Discussion
MPNews hosting
Thread Starter: Malcolm Miles Started: 12/13/2007 5:40 AM UTC
Replies: 3
12/13/2007 5:40 AM UTC
MPNews hosting
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Malcolm Miles

The EULA states that you may not:

(b) host the Software on your server and sell, rent, or lease the software
for others to use;  

Does this mean that I cannot use MPNews to host newsgroups for others as
you do on newsgrouphosting.com?

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Malcolm Miles
Telstra PC Technologies
(03) 9634 7451

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12/15/2007 3:58 PM UTC
Re: MPNews hosting
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Klemens Lichter

OK, I´m not the owner of the software, but: I think this is only that if you purchase a lizense than only you can use this software and do all the things for what the software has been written. This means to host your own newsgroups and/or host newsgroups that other people want to host on your server. So the softwarelizense belongs to you and you are the person that uses the software and administrates the software.
The other case, the forbidden one is if you sell or rent the software to others, so that they use the software in the same way you would do if you use the software. The other person adminstrates the software, creates and manages the newsgroups and users etc.  

MPNews is written to offer newsgroups and webforums etc. So if you yourself use the software in that way to offer newsgroups to others, that it is within the EULA.  

Klemens

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"Malcolm Miles" <malcolm.g.miles@team.telstra.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:vbh1m3pmnohdcmvmvemo44vekf34mtd790@4ax.com...
The EULA states that you may not:
(b) host the Software on your server and sell, rent, or lease the software
for others to use;  
Does this mean that I cannot use MPNews to host newsgroups for others as
you do on newsgrouphosting.com?
--
Malcolm Miles
Telstra PC Technologies
(03) 9634 7451
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12/20/2007 2:48 AM UTC
Re: MPNews hosting
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Malcolm Miles

Klemens Lichter <"Klemens Lichter" <csl@lichter.de>> wrote:

OK, I´m not the owner of the software,  

Thanks, but I am looking for a response from the product's onwer, not
your opinion.

It is now 7 days since I posted and nothing from MessagePixels.
Doesn't bode well for their future support of the product.

-- Best wishes,
Malcolm
12/20/2007 3:35 PM UTC
Re: MPNews hosting
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Chris Reich

With the SOHO or Corporate license you may create any newsgroups for your business and provide them to your customers.  You can even charge for access - for exampel, as part of a customer support contract.

You may not host for others or "rent" virtual servers to others as I do with newsgrouphosting.com under the SOHO or Corporate license terms.  If you want to host newsgroups for others, please contact us for license terms.

Chris Reich
info@messagepixels.com


"Malcolm Miles" <malcolm.g.miles@team.telstra.com> wrote in message news:vbh1m3pmnohdcmvmvemo44vekf34mtd790@4ax.com...
The EULA states that you may not:

(b) host the Software on your server and sell, rent, or lease the software
for others to use;

Does this mean that I cannot use MPNews to host newsgroups for others as
you do on newsgrouphosting.com?

--
Malcolm Miles
Telstra PC Technologies
(03) 9634 7451

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The PC Technologies news server can be found at
news.pc.in.telstra.com.au.
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