Quoting ger (gerdono at eircom.net):
>> Please cite the statute. EU, Ireland, or other.
>> EULA States it
1. I don't believe it does. If you think otherwise, please cite.
2. As a reminder, in the posted hypothetical, the user immediately cast
the mandatory bundled software on his bonfire. Not even in
Microsoft Corporation's most avaricious dreams did anyone consent to
a EULA.
3. The EULA might, in the unlikely event of being found by some court to
be partiallyor wholly enforceable, limit what you may do with the
_software_, but there's zero chance it could limit what you could do
with the _hardware_.
People, the reason it smells like rubbish is that it _is_ rubbish.
> The link seemed to give a rather different slant on that.
The link lies. Why is this surprising?
I will note in passing:
4. You didn't cite a statute. If something is illegal, it is by
operation of statute (or caselaw), not some bullbleep Web page or
even a bullbleep piece of paper accompanying a throwaway piece of
bundled software.
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