Digital BW, The Print

I'm a novice in the whole profile arena, but this thread has reduced my 
enthusiasm for getting a GMB device of any sort (I gather they make the 
eye-1?) from about 99% down to 1% or less.
Maybe there are a few other novices who could profit from some explanation 
of what seems to be an extraordinary restriction on what one can do after 
paying one's one money for a device/software. (I understand why Microsoft 
and Apple don't want people to make copies of their operating systems, but 
they don't presume to prevent me from giving a document that I made in Word 
to someone else.)
    Is the purpose of the restrictive license simply to sell one eye-1 to 
every user of profiles? That doesn't seem very realistic, given the price of 
the eye-1.
    Second, the license quoted below is very definitely in the singular 
(Device, not Devices). Can they mean that you can only use one eye-1 on a 
single printer? Is there something in the software that can enforce that? Is 
this one of those things that requires activation with the entire system 
running so that the GMB police can characterize exactly what scanner, 
monitor, and printer you have in your system?

Pardon my paranoia, but the whole business reminds me of the horrible old 
days of copy protection with dongles and all the rest.

Bert

katzung1@...
www.astronomy-images.com
www.visionlightgallery.com/katzung/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg" <dfaprinting@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Sharing EyeOne Profiles


Just installed the Match 3.4 update, and grabbed the license to a
file. If anyone wants the complete license, contact me off list. Here
is the important part to this discussion:


2 Use of Profiles
a) The Software is licensed for use only as follows:

(i) To create profiles on the specific input or output device that
You own or otherwise possess and for which they were created ("Your
Device"). You may make these profiles available to third parties only
in circumstances in which the third party will be optimizing images
that have been created on, or will be output on, Your Device,
provided that Your Device continues to be owned by You or in Your
possession at such time that a profile is made available to such
third party; or

(ii) to create profiles by using reference characteristic data which
are publicly and without consideration provided by professional or
trade associations like standardization institutes to be used for
their intended purpose; or

(iii) to create a profile, as part of Your providing a profiling
service, for a specific input or output device owned by a third party
for use by that third party on such device.

b) No Distribution of generic profiles
This Agreement does not grant You the right to distribute or embed
created profiles, also not under Your private label, into any
software, devices or consumables like paper that You manufacture,
market or distribute to third parties. If You wish to create profiles
for this purpose, You will need a separate license. With regard to
generic profiles created by non-profit organizations like the ECI,
GretagMacbeth is however prepared to permit to embed such profiles
into any software, devices or consumables to be distributed
commercially by an agreement on a case by case basis. For information
on a separate license You may contact support@gretagmacbethDOTcom.  .


BTW, don't expect a response from that email address, I'm still
waiting for one for a problem after a couple of days. As far as I
know Inkjet Art has never received a response to their query about
posting profiles.








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