On Friday 29 January 2010 14:12:10 Iain Buchanan wrote: > what contract?
I don't know how it is where you are, but in the UK, as I understand it, every sale is deemed to embody an implied contract* between buyer and seller. Either party is always free to specify whatever conditions he likes prior to the sale, and the other can accept them or not. > "Sorry buddy, that's just how they make 'em. Take it up with the > manufacturer" is what I'd expect to hear. Perhaps. Depends how badly they want the business, I suppose. > Either that or "You want to do what? What's Linux?" Who mentioned intended use, or Linux? Just stipulate that the goods must not require any particular software to operate. Simple - assuming that your legal system works similarly enough to ours, of course. It was just a suggestion, anyway. Take it or leave it. :-) * Apart from the ones with specific contracts, naturally. -- Rgds Peter.
