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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SECURITY BUG IN INTERACTIVE UNIX SYSV386
Message-ID: <.EN9BGD@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 18:18:37 GMT
References: <473@bria> <1991Feb22.111748.22010@tcom.stc.co.uk>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1991Feb22.111748.22010@tcom.stc.co.uk> pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell) writes:
> don't guarantee that this product is good for anything in particular
> and we won't be responsible for any havoc it may cause to your business
> if it's faulty" I wonder what it is that I'm actually *buying*.  It's
> enough to turn anyone into a software thief...

In the book "Good Omens", one character (a demon) sends a bunch of these
licenses to the Immortal Souls Contract department in Hell, with the
pencilled notation "Learn, Guys".

In any case:

> In the UK we have the concept of 'merchantable quality'.

In the U.S. it's the "implied warranty of merchantability".
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