On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 18:29 +0000, Chris Croughton wrote: > Well, if it's in a shop you can take it back and complain (especially if > you have paid for it, even if all you really paid for was the > packaging), if you download it there's no one to sue.
Ever tried complaining to the person you bought software from that it had a bug in it? Ever tried suing a software company eg MS because their product wasn't fit for purpose? Talk of suing is in practice marketing rhetoric. I know of know successful lawsuit against a shrink wrapped software supplier of any real size so its not a practical possibility. Its useful for software suppliers to give the perception that you might be able to sue them ;-) Surely we should be dispelling this myth, not perpetuating it. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
