On 5/29/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good point. But alas, that's not what we are discussing. The topic of the moment is deliberately violating specific terms of an EULA by purchasing the low-cost version of a product and using it in a way that the EULA only allows for the more-expensive version of the product.
Again, if there is no reason to believe that the EULA applies or even makes sense, then following it is immoral. If someone explains to you that the grocery store puts a EULA on the back of every receipt, and it specifically says that none of the medium or lower priced varieties of food are allowed to be served to your family or guests, would you then say "I guess I won't serve hamburger any more unless I am home alone." And then jump on the people who continue to buy hamburger and serve it to their children as being immoral wretches? Me, I would say that the store is being immoral. And the EULA wouldn't hold up in most courts of law. And I would say the moral stand is to serve whatever food you buy from them to whomever you want. That is the moral stand. -- 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 ************************************************************************
