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Re: Possible fake finder?




>> Sure - it's at 
>> http://cgi.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/lister-pl?Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Softwar
>> e.Updates/US/Macintosh/System
>
>Be sure to read the license conditions. ;>

A "License" is a holdover from the mainframe world, it was a signed agreement
between the purchaser of a product and the manufacturer, which each agreeing to
some conditions.  The so called "shrink wrap license" that comes with PC
products is really a disclaimer, the big computer companies would like you to
think of it differently, but no court on the planet has ever upheld anything
written in a "shrink wrap license."  Software is protected in most countries by
copyright law.  THe "shrink warp license" is a myth.

Think of it this way.  I go into a store, purchase some spark plugs for my
Toyota, I get then home, inside the box is a little piece of paper saying that
I promise to use these spark plugs only in a Volvo.  

Another example, I buy a car, drive it home, when I open up the trunk (boot for
those of you not in America) and there is a sticker saying that I can't change
the tires (tyres) without written permission for the manufacturer!

Ignore the so called licenses, obey copyright and you'll be legal.
 

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 Chris Gray        Chris_Gray@bcs.org.uk          Compuserve: 100065,2102
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