[thelist] A legal question (was: Lawyers and stuff)

Peter Bancroft pdb103 at cs.york.ac.uk
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 19:18:03 -0000



> very interesting, thanks!
> But is writing an article about products of you and your competition
illegal?
> Peter

Not_as_such.. though you'd have to be very careful about libel.  You
couldn't call your software "better", "more good", "improved" or anything
else.. Criticising the competitor's software is also probably a no-non.
All in all.. I wouldn't go there. It's more risk than it's worth
And yes, it's evil, it's unfair, and it's probably asking for something.
Sorry about not being more enthusiastic.
-Another Peter