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Grant Sewell wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: >> The EULA dialogue itself is only one part of the package - the software >> usually comes with a lengthy paper licence and/or a licence file on the >> original media. Ignorance of the law is no defence and in a business >> setting, not reading an EULA could give rise to a claim for negligence >> against you by your employer. > What *really* bugs me at times is when you have a little sticker that > says something along the lines of "by breaking this seal you are > demonstrating your agreement to the terms and conditions held within" > (or something along those lines). How can anyone realistically say, > "Yes, I agree to these terms", when they've not been given an > opportunity to read them? > Annoying, yes. enforceable? I'd say yes - until such time as someone is rich enough to take it to a court. :-( I'd guess there would be some leeway if there was no other documentation provided but I can't afford to find out - especially as it's likely to be a US court (as the 'NatWest three' discovered). Software may be free, the courts are not. (Which, incidentally, is a major reason why software patents need to be thrown out. We can't 'workaround' a compromise agreement because all such compromises come down to lawyer fees. Allowing *any* software patents to be enforceable in the EU is as bad as allowing all.) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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