Tim Tyler wrote:
[...]
> *If* the user agreed to a contract by simply copying,
> the world would be full of court cases where
> SlimeSoft had included in the small print of its
> license agreement:
>
> "And by the act of copying this software, you hereby
> agree to sell all your worldly goods and deposit the
> proceeds in swiss bank account #xxxxxxxx."
>
> Users do not agree to *anything* by the act of
> copying something. The worst that can happen
> is that they can subsequently be sued for copyright
> violation - since the user can simply claim that they
> never bothered to read the license. Since copyright
Suppose that value of "your worldly goods" is less than damages for
copyright infringement. Why wouldn't you bring such license as a
defense to claim of copyright infringement? I certainly would.
regards,
alexander.
--
"The revolution might take significantly longer than anticipated."
-- The GNU Monk Harald Welte
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