In light of this when I purchase an OS system I do not sign or agree to do anything or everything with it. When I Install it I may have a box to tick saying I agree with the terms and conditions which 999 out of thousand never read. Does this mean I have entered into a contract with the seller of the product. I think not.
A contract needs to include informed agreement by both parties. I cannot even read the the single user license until after I have opened the packet.
Unless I register it with the supplier there is no record or proof that I have used and will use it in accord with the implied conditions or not. My purchasing the product was not on any other condition than that I pay the money. Once I have legally purchased the product I have no legal obligation to do anything with it. I have not agreed to abide by written terms or conditions, I have not agreed to use it or not use it There is nothing illegal in my burning the product it would just be $235 au. dollars going up in smoke, or using it to be an ornament on the wall. Big corporate companies hide behind "the law" as interpreted by the judiciary and the legal profession ( a better description would be the "illegal" profession) to make money for themselves. What about the principle of fair and reasonable use.
The whole system of licensing is based on wrong principles. I would love to see an open system. Bill Gates and others like him who support and indulge in this system, should be made to give back the exorbitant amounts of money thay have in my view stolen form others in the world.
How about considering whether it is wrong or right to impose exorbitant fees or licenses on products in a separate thread.
Vic
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