Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Alan Mead
This is a legal question and a proper answer would require legal advice, which I cannot give. But I hazard a guess that the original concern was not raised by a lawyer, so I'll add a few points to the excellent answers that you have already received. What law is being broken? I don't see what

Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread John Darrington
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 08:04:58AM -0400, Elizabeth Williams wrote: Hey guys! For some time I use PSPP because its features are enough for what I need, so I sidelined SPSS, leaving your license expire. However, I made an inquiry to technical support regarding the use

Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:57:26AM -0400, Elizabeth Williams wrote: > Thanks for your answers, let me calmer. > For me, what I presented seemed plausible, like Stata DRM policy. I did a web search for "stata drm policy", but I did not see anything relevant. What is the Stata DRM policy?

Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Elizabeth Williams
Thanks for your answers, let me calmer. For me, what I presented seemed plausible, like Stata DRM policy. For me, scientific research is very important and so I switched to using open source software, especially for durability and data file support. That's what annoys me proprietary software, and

import database files from opendocument ODB

2013-07-18 Thread Paul Wright
Hello, I read the manual and the only makes references to import files PSQL database type. I have understood that ODB files using PSQL database type, is there a way to import the tables in PSPP? If not, it would be great that they add a filter import/export opendocument base files, or tables th

Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Ben Pfaff
This claim from SPSS support sounds like nonsense to me. You own your data, not IBM. On Jul 18, 2013 7:00 AM, "Elizabeth Williams" wrote: > Hey guys! > > For some time I use PSPP because its features are enough for what I need, > so I sidelined SPSS, leaving your license expire. > > However, I ma

about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Elizabeth Williams
Hey guys! For some time I use PSPP because its features are enough for what I need, so I sidelined SPSS, leaving your license expire. However, I made an inquiry to technical support regarding the use of SAV files in other software such as PSPP and have told me is technically illegal. That saved u

Re: about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Jeremy Lavergne
> However, I made an inquiry to technical support regarding the use of SAV > files in other software such as PSPP and have told me is technically illegal. > That saved using SPSS SAV files or exported by another program, are for the > use of SPSS. > > Is that really so? Sounds like FUD to me.

about legality of SPSS data file (SAV)

2013-07-18 Thread Elizabeth Williams
Hey guys! For some time I use PSPP because its features are enough for what I need, so I sidelined SPSS, leaving your license expire. However, I made an inquiry to technical support regarding the use of SAV files in other software such as PSPP and have told me is technically illegal. That saved u