Efraim Yawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How can anyone not care about this? What is to prevent M$ from
> selling ('licensing') software with a condition that requires you to
> buy a certain brand of car, read a certain newspaper, or vote for a
> certain political party? Does this kind of stuff really hold up in
> court? I hope this is getting a lot of publicity in the
> "non-technical" media.
IANAL, but normally laws include principles like scope and time
duration. This applies to patents and copyrights, too, and abuse
of rights granted as patents, copyrights, licenses, etc can lead to
annulment of such rights. I saw this discussed on the 'net in
connection with the EULA in question.
I posted originally because I thought that this - new - development
was relevant to people who work in a mixed M$/OS environment, and thus
was on-topic. As could have been foreseen, the thread has wandered into
the off-topic territory, and I suggest to kill the thread on linux-il.
There are enough other forums on the 'net where it is discussed, for
the interested parties.
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Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it ain't broken, it hasn't got enough features yet.
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