Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns
On 10 Mar 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> "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.
But that doesn't apply to programs that show the license during install
and ask you to click "I accept" if you accept the license.
Remco
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