Xref: utzoo misc.legal:15235 comp.sources.d:4918 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: shrinkwrap licenses Keywords: only one case that talks about shrink wrap licenses Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 90 18:01:09 GMT References: <51042@microsoft.UUCP> <25058@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16 In article <25058@ut-emx.UUCP> mnemonic@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Mike Godwin) writes: > Says Bruce King: > "Produce a good product. People > will buy it. Produce a poor product, sue your competitors. Yea." > You forgot to mention the best formulation: "Invest in researching > and developing a good product. Watch your competitors copy it for > a fraction of the cost." And the also common: "Develop a good product. Watch someone develop a better one that looks like yours. Sue them anyway." And then again, there's: "Develop a good product. License it to someone and watch them sue anyone who tries to do the same. Sue them." No, I don't have any solutions. Just more questions. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'