Re: ..Debian rejects Microsoft's "Sender ID" on contractual terms
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:26:53PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 02:01:28 +1000, Russell wrote in message
> <[🔎] 200409090201.28397.russell@coker.com.au>:
>
> > http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0907opensourc.html?net
>
> ..hear, hear. But you guys let the weenies get away with confusing
> their "end user license agreement's" with licenses. Booo.
>
> ..any contract has legally binding terms, to both parties. So we should
> refer to any such EULA terms, as "EULA contractual terms".
>
> ..note this fundamental difference between these contracts and the
> GPL. Microsoft may use, study, reverse engineer etc GNU/Linux as
> they damned please, because that and any other _use_ of it is allowed
> under the GPL. To distribute, they will have to either abide by the GPL,
> or, defeat it.
>
> ..these EULA's are contracts; _because_ you have to agree on what;
> their terms, to use their property. That very agreement forms a legally
> binding _contract_.
>
> ..we know that, but Joe Sixpack doesn't. Because we fail to educate
> the public telling the truth that includes those 2 "extra" words.
>
> ..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040905212754195
> and, to get on-topic everywhere ;-) : Is there a smtp rejection
> code for "I accept no shit from Wintendo"mail" boxes!" ?
552 I accept no shit from Wintendo 'mail' boxes
As simple as that.
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