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From: msc@saber.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
Message-ID: <1892@saber.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 13:59:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 13:59:10 1985
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David DesJardins writes:
> Certainly I agree that software should be subject to the certain implicit
> warranties as other products.  But I think this is a separate issue.
>    Note that the Illinois law (which you may not have read) allows you to
> return the software within a period of time rather than accept the license
> agreement.

Maybe you haven't read the law.  It says the software must be returned
*unopened*.  It also says that opening it is deemed acceptance of the
licence terms.  However until you open it and try it you can't be
sure it will do the job you want.  By then it is too late.  And since
the seller refuses to guarantee it will do what they claim you are
up shit creek without a paddle.

In contrast, if you buy a tool at, say, Sear's and it doesn't do the
job you wanted -- not a powerful enough drill, for example -- you can
take it back and exchange it or get your money back.  The same rights
should be available to purchasers of software tools.
-- 
From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
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