On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Munir Nassar wrote: > On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, David Phillips wrote: > > > Munir Nassar writes: > > > I do not think so. There right are granted by 17 USC 117 sure. But a > > > contract between you and microsoft at a later time can supercede that. > > > > Yes, but there's no contract when you buy something in a store. Unless you > > sign a contract with Microsoft, or perform some other overt act such as > > buying it directly from them, then you have all the rights granted by the > > law. > > I did not say that there was a contract, i said that _A_ contract _CAN_ > supercede that. > > then i went on to say that the click through, or a shrink wrap MAY be > interpreted to be a contract, but that is up to the courts. > > Doesnt anybody READ their email anymore? > I read it. But as I mentioned in my previous mail, I don't think EULA's come within a country mile of contract law. Therefore I felt it necessary to provide an explanation of why when shrinkwrap licenses were mentioned in conjunction with what a contract can do. In some detail. I personally see EULA's as letters of intent from the software publisher. Taken in that light they are quite ominous enough. -- Daniel Taylor dante at argle.org Forget diamonds, Copyright is forever. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list