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Re: Proposed QPL mods - 3rd try



Joseph Carter writes:
> Many people have said that shrinkwrap licenses on the vast majority of
> non-free software are illegal, point is that usually these companies are
> US based and in the US whether or not you win in court is directly
> proportional to how well you pay your lawyers and how many you have.

Even if shrink-wrap licenses are enforceable, they cannot usefully be
applied to freely redistributeable software.  This is because the
shrink-wrap 'license' is not a copyright license but a contract entered
into at the point of sale.  When you download something off the net there
is no sale, no consideration, and no contract.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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