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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
