Fishing License
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu May 11 17:16:30 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 12:06, alan 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".
There are no GPL restrictions related to using software, they
only control how you can redistribute it.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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