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- From: rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
- Message-ID: <XNmqVB1w165w@ruth.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 14:27:08 CST
- References: <1992Dec11.163322.24608@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
-
- | But the Foo/9000 and Foonix come with licenses that say THIS COMPUTER AND
- | ALL OF ITS SOFTWARE ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER. ANYTHING
- | THEY DO IS NOT OUR PROBLEM. WE DISCLAIM EVERYTHING.
-
- Thank goodness someone else noticed those warrantees. What a load of
- MALARKEY ... Thank goodness for the part that says "SOME OF THESE
- LIMITATIONS MAY NOT BE VALID IN SOME STATES" -- ie, some states have
- passed laws that actually (GASP!) force a company to be (OH MY!) RESPONSIBLE
- for its products... in Wisconsin, Ibetcha it's the "Lemon Law" that I've
- heard about...
-
- Now if it was only possible to get rid of the part that says,
- YOU DON'T OWN THIS PRODUCT, WE DO. YOU ONLY PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO USE IT.
- ANYTHING WE SAY GOES...
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