An article in Linux World that compares the installation of Win2k to Red Hat 7.3 concludes with some remarks that nicely illustrates some issues raised in this click through and click wrap discussions:
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0812.install.html Quote: "the constant click-through of EULA's and supplemental EULA's is tedious and legally pointless from the consumer's perspective. If you buy an operating system and you agree to its license terms, that should be the end of it. But I had to click-through a mind boggling 8 EULAs to get W2K installed and updated. On the Red Hat side, there were none." ... "We're talking about gagging consumers with the sheer volume of the licenses, not just their terms. How can anyone keep up with all they have agreed? Multiple Windows EULAs are a shell game on steroids. I didn't read each EULA carefully, and may have pledged allegiance to the French Foreign Legion." Sounds like he doesn't mind one but definately hates 8 in a row. I'd already hate to have to click through one though... Kind regards, Auke -- Auke Jilderda, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP key 0x88583DDF) Philips Research, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands phone: +31 40 2744791, http://pww.innersource.philips.com/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
