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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Click to Agree? (was Re: the ultimate IF archive)
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"Kodrik" <kodrik@zc8.net> wrote in message
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> And, even with copyrights, once you've given or sold your product to
> someone else, you cannot dictate terms of distribution to that person
> unless you have an agreement prior to the acquisition of the product
(we've
> all agreed on that last part).

No we haven't.  If you think that a licence seen post-purchase is invalid,
copy a Windows CD-ROM a thousand times and then go out and sell those
copies.  Observe results when MS find out.

> But we are still unsure why the EFF feels we need a DCM since they haven't
> explained their reasoning yet.

Because the world is full of scumbag losers who think nothing of ripping off
those of us who make a living writing commercial software...  :)

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Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett.
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)


