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From: davidg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (David Guntner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.misc
Subject: Software "Contracts" (Was Re: Software Development And Piracy)
Summary: What's in a license?
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Date: 22 Dec 88 05:29:33 GMT
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From article <2854@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, by lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee):
> But is this how piracy happens?  I have bought some software in my time
> -- I have never signed a contract, however.  I have noticed that some of
> the stuff came with notices saying "...  if you break this seal ...  you
> are agreeing to ...  terms inside".  I think you would have to be pretty
> gullible to believe those notices.  I never have, nor considered that I
> entered into any contract.

This is what is known as Shrink-wrap Licensing, and is more-or-less 
enforceable depending on the laws of the state that you live in.  It may well
be that whether or not you _consider_ that you have entered into a contract,
you have.  I'd suggest that you check with a lawer in your state to find out
whether or not (and to what degree) a Shrink-wrap Licensing agreement is
enforcable.

> 		Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu

                       --Dave

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