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From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Fascist Licensing Agreement
Message-ID: <179@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Jun-86 09:23:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.179
Posted: Wed Jun 25 09:23:00 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 07:11:30 EDT
References: <1019@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: jmpiazza@gort.UUCP (Joseph M. Piazza)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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   blah blah blah ...

In article <1019@spice.cs.cmu.edu> tdn@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Newton) writes:
>> It all doesn't matter.  Apple owns the software, they have made what they,
>> the owner of the software, consider safe distribution policy.
>
>Yes, they own the software, and so they probably have the legal right to jerk
>us all around. ...

	Nonsense!  Who's getting jerked around?  You download it, you modify it
any way you want and how are you getting jerked around?  You think Apple
cares?  Of course not!  If you start selling or distributing it widely,
sure they do.  Especially if someone tries to sue Apple for damages for
distributing bad software.  The licensing agreement might give them leverage
in court.

	M i g h t  because anything can happen in court -- just as any contract
can be broken.  And in this case, you didn't even sign one!

	My point is, as a practical matter, as a mortal  u s e r,  you can
pretty much ignore the censored licensing agreement.  You know what you're not
supposed to do (sell it or give it away) and except for those few friends and
colleagues who have Macs, you don't.  Are they gonna rat on you to Apple?  Is
Apple gonna find out otherwise?  Of course not!

	If, however, you're interested in arguing the philosophical high
points of law and disobedience, blabber away.

Flip side,

	joe piazza


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