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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