The ultimate AD evangelist.
Not at all, I'm a businessman.
Your arguments to this point around the assumption that some kind of law is broken simply because you believe it. However you have not provided any evidence to back it up.
Not at all, you've missed my point entirely. I thought I'd made it quite clear that legality has nothing to do with my position. “Legality” is something that fluctuates with address. In some locales, violating a contract is no more illegal than wearing a hat. In others it is much more respected. In a global market, I need to be quite aware of that to protect my business.
I find some of these extension-type applications questionable, and choose to avoid their use. I understand the intent of Autodesk marketing LT, and choose to operate within that intent. It is my responsibility to protect my business, no one else’s, not Autodesk, not the ODA, not the legal system, just mine. I choose to err well on the side of caution.
There are no court cases no letters of cease and desist nothing just some vague reference to some kind of maverick ADN developers that somehow abused some kind of contract that you heard from maybe Evan Yares.
Settled out of court some time ago for many, others are in jurisdictions less supportive of a business' right to protect itself.
I could post hundreds of web site here of LT developers some of which are ADN members. Do all of these people lack integrity and are they all breaking some kind of the law? If that were the case AD would have taken some action.
Applications with the support of ADN are legitimate, however, there are applications available that are not so supported (i.e.: those that violate the EULA as posted here)
I fully respect your position if in fact you actually use LT.
I've already stated that I need the features in the full-featured version of the application, which is the tool I've purchased. But to your point here, it is most absurd to weigh the validity of a position by basing it solely on the use of the product.
Considering AD full users are in a minority to the LT users by a about a million this is a serious debate.
You've stated that before and I've asked for documentation. Can you supply it now, please?