>From the story on : <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/eulas_unfair_investigation/>
This was a comment. if they did write the licenses in plain english ... By Pete Posted Tuesday 19th February 2008 16:17 GMT ... they'd probably read something like this: You've just paid for our software, but - we make no guarantee that it will work - if it doesn't work, too bad. You're not getting your money back - we won't fix any bugs - you can't sell it, back it up, let anyone else use it, or use it for business purposes (even if you were told you could) - if the CD gets scratched, you'll have to buy another copy - if you change or upgrade your computer, you'll have to buy another copy - it could completely break any other software you're using, including other products from us. - it probably won't be compatible with the next version - you'll have to upgrade a load of other things (including mandatory "service packs" that will stop other, random, programs from working - the manual will be completely irrelevant and unintelligible - if your computer is more than 6 months old, it's run too slowly to be any use Now just press "I accept", close your eyes, cross your fingers and hope. Have a nice day -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
