On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>
> >
> > Derek Martin writes:
> >
> > > Tort law is tort law. What's the difference? If Microsoft's products (or
> > > any other software company's, for that matter) cause you to lose
> > > time/money/resources, why can't they be held accountable? It just doesn't
> > > make any sense.
> >
> > IANAL, but the last time I actually read a shrink-wrap license
> > carefully, I recall reading that by agreeing to this license, I gave
> > up that right.
>
> I'm not a lawyer either, but one thing I learned in Business Law I is that
> companies often put such clauses in their license agreements, warranties,
> and similar documents. Often they include clauses that are not
> enforceable, because they are ILLEGAL or in some cases, simply contrary to
> existing law (I suppose the distinction is unimportant). I don't know if
> liability (tort law) is an example of this, but I think it may be. How
> this applies to software and its creators, only a lawyer can answer...
I once watched a real laywer read the disclaimer that came with DR-DOS. His
analysis was "According to this statement, this might be a floppy disk."
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