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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Silly licenses (was Re: WB1.3.2)
Message-ID: <12560@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 89 19:49:39 GMT
References: <19682@usc.edu> <559@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
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jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:

|In article <19682@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:

|	[Quoting the license agreement for WB1.3.2]

|:		3.  You agree and certify that you will not use, ship,
|:	transfer, or reexport any Software or other technical data, or any 
|:	direct product thereof, related to any commodity that will be used 
|:	directly or indirectly in the following activities (or in the 
|:	training of personnel for such activities), whether or not it is 
|:	specifically designed or modified for such activities;

What I would do is scratch out the parts of the agreement that I don't agree
with before I open the package.

Then either (a) the software manufacturer can abide by my terms or
(b) they can declare the license invalid, in which case I haven't agreed
to anything. Since I have a legally purchased copy, I'm not bound by
their agreement, only by normal copyright conventions.

I'd bet a paycheck that it would stand up in court, too.

Sean
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