On 5/28/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
EULA's get into contract law not criminal law. What is a contract worth if you are not going to keep it. Or to echo Tom's word, is it just a business decision.
Except the legal issue resolves around whether a EULA is a valid contract or not. As long as you have no right to negotiate at all, the standard legal answer is "No, this is not a valid contract." The reason some EULAs might have some validity is legislation passed in favor of software companies. I am all in favor of keeping contracts. Especially the ones you have a choice about. Also important are the implied contracts, where I pay you for something of value and you agree to provide the value or refund my money. Unfortunately, most software companies don't want to even go the minimum distance. Once you have a valid legal structure, then you can get into the ethics. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
