Re: Making MS pay....

[Alan Harding <alanh flashmail com>]

On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 09:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 03:52:50PM +0800, hkcc1976  wrote:
> > >
> > > I presume here everyone use and love Linux and does NOT like MS's monoply.
> > > I once run across a tech coloumn, saying that the lability clause in EULA
> > > may have some legal problem.
> > 
> > It isn't the only one, apparently.
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-983988.html
> 
> IANAL, but as i understand it, in the US at least (land of the lawsuit),

**SNIP**

> as i said, IANAL, and this seems like *such* a no-brainer, judgment
> against concealed, shrink-wrapped licenses.  but i've seen the
> way the U.S. justice system works.  good luck.
> 
> rday

In the same way that Robert is not a Lawyer, neither am I, but I have
always been led to believe that the M$ EULA is not a binding contract in
Europe because you must be able to see the terms BEFORE making the
purchase.

On a side note, the following website is reasonably good, and although
it does mention the lockin with EULA's it makes a jolly good read anyway

http://www.kmfms.com/whatsbad.htm

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