Lawrence Rosen wrote: > John Cowan wrote: > > Their licenses can reach out to control what you and your whole family > > had for dinner on June 1, 1999. At least according to them. > > That is unreasonable. No court would enforce that. > > On the other hand, perhaps they can control what I have for dinner AFTER I > enter into a contract to which I am bound.
And Microsoft clearly considers their EULAs to be contracts ("license agreement"). Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3