Lynn, the problem is that (I believe) in the EU the EULA so called license is actually going to be held, should it ever come to court, as a sale. And that all the post sale restrictions on use will be thrown out.
I know of no case, and think that is revealing. It would be really great to see a test case brought against someone either for running a purchased copy of Windows in a VM when the license says you cannot, or installing OSX into a non-Apple machine. I don't believe there are any, and the reason is, both companies know what would happen if they tried. As to how Apple etc should be fair to the various factions, that is not an issue. Just do not seek to enforce prohibitions incompatible with the jurisdictions in which you operate. They are not. The case is basically being conceded by default. A car lease, if you look at it in any detail, is completely different from these so called software licenses. Think about it, one off payments, whose books is the asset on, what is the reversion at term....? Go into a store and buy OSX or Windows, you bought it. That, I believe, is what any EU court will rule if it ever comes to that, and that, I believe, is why it never will come to that. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-EULA-and-legality-tp4654675p4654814.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
