At 11:23 AM -0400 7/22/01, Alexander R. Pruss wrote:
>p.s. Talking of licenses, did you guys hear about a new case involving
>Netscape? A court ruled that a license agreement merely posted on a web
>site, but which did not display when downloading and which one did not
>click on any agree button for (there was just a link: "To see the license,
>click here" or somethng like that) is not legally binding? This suggests
>to me that for those Apple downloads which do not actually make you click
>on an agree button or show you a license, the license is not legally
>binding. Of course, copyright law is still binding, and so one can't make
>more than one backup copy over and beyond what one has downloaded, etc.,
>so this doesn't help get old versions.
We click "Agree" to the Apple software license every time (or most)
we install their software using an installer. It's even in several
languages. I guess we all click through this so fast we don't
remember. I don't think Software Update requires license aggreement.
Does it?
_
Andrew
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