On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 02:23:39PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > > On Wednesday, Aug 13, 2003, at 10:31 US/Eastern, MJ Ray wrote: > > >This is not my understanding of the word "or" in that sentence of > >the FDL. Are you sure that you have it right? > > Possibly there is a virus going around that changes all occurrences of > "or" to "and" in displayed license texts. That would explain a lot. > > Hmmm, I wonder, if someone were to write a virus that were to detect > when an EULA was displayed, and change the display (e.g., add up top > "you may either accept these terms or use this programs as allowed in > Title 17 USC") what would the legal effect be, assuming click-wrap > licenses are valid at all? You could probably be held without trial under the DMCA for having such a program on your computer, with or without your knowledge. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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