Fishing License

alan alan at clueserver.org
Thu May 11 17:06:15 UTC 2006


On Thu, 11 May 2006, Robin Laing wrote:

> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 10:50, Robin Laing wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> The point is how many people actually read and understand the EULA.  I 
>>> wonder how many people realize the rights that they hand to MS when they 
>>> click on the agree or install their latest version of XP.
>>> 
>>> This is an interesting question as this was posted just a few days ago.
>>>   http://linuxadvocate.org/articles.php?p=1
>>> 
>>> You cannot even boot a new computer without agreeing to the EULA.  The 
>>> service tech may do it in advance and you, as a user may never see it.  It 
>>> has happened to me.
>> 
>> 
>> Yes it would be a big boost to open source if companies treated
>> EULAs like other contracts and waited for their legal departments
>> to scrutinize and approve them before hitting that 'accept'
>> key on every install and update.
>> 
>
> Whoa, don't give the lawyers an idea on how to make more money.  Just think 
> about it.  Your legal department all of a sudden decides that you cannot 
> install any software without one of their staff reading and discussing the 
> implications of the EULA and deciding if it is safe for the company to use.
>
> On the other hand, if the lawyers get involved, there may be a good reason 
> not to purchase Windows or pre-installed systems.  Lawyers have a good way of 
> taking things way out of context.

Wait until they get a look at the GPL...

If lawyers got involved in everything we would still be living in caves 
unable to use fire due to the "liability issues".

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