Timeline for Can a software license prohibit using competitors' software?
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| Apr 10, 2023 at 14:01 | answer | added | interfect | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Mar 20, 2023 at 21:28 | history | bounty ended | Internet Person | ||
| S Mar 20, 2023 at 21:28 | history | notice removed | Internet Person | ||
| Mar 20, 2023 at 21:28 | vote | accept | Internet Person | ||
| Mar 17, 2023 at 16:26 | answer | added | sankeiy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 18:31 | comment | added | Internet Person | Perhaps it would have been better for me to state the question as "is it legitimate for a license agreement to have provisions whose only stated purpose is to prevent competition?" | |
| Mar 14, 2023 at 10:23 | comment | added | KFK | That’s at least two questions in one. (1) Whether company A can meaningfully enforce obligations on third parties (if X gives Y a file under the promise that Y will not use company B’s software, and Y breaks that promise, it’s not clear to me that X breached anything or that company A has standing to sue Y). (2) To what extent company A’s software license can bind someone’s use of the products of the software. (I previously had to research a version of question (2) in my jurisdiction, and the answer was "it’s complicated", but maybe in the US there is a clear answer.) | |
| S Mar 13, 2023 at 21:30 | history | bounty started | Internet Person | ||
| S Mar 13, 2023 at 21:30 | history | notice added | Internet Person | Draw attention | |
| Mar 11, 2023 at 8:49 | comment | added | gnasher729 | And just because it is anti-competitive (affects B's ability to compete with A) doesn't mean it cannot also affect the user's rights, but someone else needs to answer that. | |
| Mar 11, 2023 at 1:22 | comment | added | Internet Person | @gnasher729 Thankfully it's not my agreement, but I've seen it somewhere else, and I knew something wasn't right. | |
| Mar 11, 2023 at 1:16 | comment | added | gnasher729 | That seems to be anti-competitive. So maybe the customer can't complain, but company B can. Possibly the government will. You could try to change the situation so that it is not anti-competitive. | |
| Mar 10, 2023 at 21:32 | history | edited | Internet Person | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2023 at 21:25 | history | asked | Internet Person | CC BY-SA 4.0 |