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- From: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux)
- Subject: Re: Shareware laws (was: GifConverter or JPEGView better?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.171249.20755@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: shareware
- Reply-To: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
- Organization: New Technology, Inc.
- References: <Jan.12.11.18.31.1993.18389@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:12:49 GMT
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- In <Jan.12.11.18.31.1993.18389@gandalf.rutgers.edu> rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
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- >Actually, I don't see why any special law is necessary. If the
- >shareware license provided by the author says that you've got to pay
- >if you keep it, then that's that! Similarly, consider the used-car
- >dealer who says you can take the car for a test drive. If you never
- >come back from the test drive, are you not stealing?
-
- Oops. I detect a rerun of the whole tiresome software license debate.
-
- How are shareware licenses different from shrinkwrap licenses on
- commercial products? Does your use of a product imply agreement to the
- terms of the license?
-
- I don't think it does. OTOH, I register shareware that I use... not
- because it's illegal (I'm no lawyer), but because it's the right thing
- to do.
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