Tom, I couldn't let this pass without comment: On 5/30/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As Bill Gates once said "If we tell them they have to put a ham sandwich in every box, they have to put a ham sandwich in every box." Your obligation is to read the EULA and according to the terms of sale, if you don't like the EULA you return the product and they give you your money back.
Please demonstrate. Buy some software, retail package or download, your choice. Start the installation. Decline the EULA. Return the product and try to get your money back. Let us know how that goes.
When you let go of morals, you let go of civilization.
True, but it should also be said that morality is not the same as the law. There's plenty of precedent for civil disobedience. And there have been many times where the moral act is to break the law: Helping slaves escape, sitting at the front of the bus...And there are even more cases where breaking an unfair contract is justified. When our civilization falls, it won't be because Harvey violated Microsoft's EULA. ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
