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

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> On 10 Mar 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > 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.

I don't think those are valid either.  By the time I'm installing the
software, I already own the copy.  The license they show me is then
a contract that offers me nothing.  Such contracts are not valid.

Richard Braakman