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Legal position (was RE: [ILUG] (no subject))

Legal position (was RE: [ILUG] (no subject))

Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) breatpro at exchange.ie.ml.com
Tue Feb 19 10:42:22 GMT 2002


Something like that ...

We usen't be allowed click on the "I Agree" button for users, (and routinely
suggested that they let their cat / dog / gerbil do it if they didn't agree,
but still wanted the service) when I worked for one ISP (which shall remain
nameless !)

Basically whomever / whatever "accepts" the agreement is bound by it, and
have you tried prosecuting a gerbil lately ?

P

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Hmm.  So - as a corollary - if I was to put together a machine that
> removed the packaging on software automatically, without the need for
> intervention, I'm not bound by software vendors licensing in cases where
> it states that I accept the license by opening the packaging?
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> R.
> 





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