On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 12:02 +0100, Chris Croughton wrote: > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 06:49:11PM +0100, Alex Hudson wrote: > > I'm pretty sure, though, in the case where software is sold (or, a > > software licence - I don't think the judiciary will care) it will need > > to meet the usual standards (e.g., be fit for purpose). I don't think > > those standards are terribly high though :/ > > It will? So can I please get my money back if I buy a shrink-wrapped > software package which proves to be not fit for the purpose for which it > was sold to me?
I'm pretty sure you can, modulo showing that it's not fit for purpose may be difficult in some instances. > Has anyone ever managed to get money back for such a > claim from MS, for instance? Not that I know of, but then, most people don't buy software from MS either, so they'd not really be able to complain. I know plenty of people who've sent back software that didn't work for them, but whether or not that was distance selling regs. or sale of goods act., I don't know. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
