Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

"Phillip R. Jaenke" <prj@nls.net> writes:

   if the license prohibits reverse engineering, it is illegal to reverse
   engineer that software/hardware. it's called breach of license/contract. a
   license agreement *is* legally binding. even if you don't read it. when
   you hit that 'accept' button or whatever, it's the same as signing it. it
   is assumed that you read it. if you didn't read it, then you're entirely
   at fault. it's the end-user's responsibility to read the contract. not the
   software/hardware authors/designers responsibility.

I don't think that you're (completely) right.  Try reading
	http://www.microtimes.com/157/shrinkwrap.html
for a fairly thorough treatment of the shrinkwrap license issue.
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