From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-12 13:23:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!burlma1-snr2!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B267A3D.1B2F2750@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: software suits, was Re: Long names are doom ? References: <3b24dc21$1@news.tce.com> <9g33oo$rp$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b267365$1@news.tce.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:23:25 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 992377407 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:23:27 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:23:27 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8631 comp.lang.java.programmer:75723 Date: 2001-06-12T15:23:25-05:00 List-Id: > And they are not unilaterally imposed. You have all the power. Most > agreements say if you do not agree to these terms, then return the software. > They can't make you agree, install, and use it. Well, I am not saying this would hold up in court in ANY country, but I HAVE SEEN packages which actually said, "If you do not agree to the terms of the license inside this package, then do not open the package." !!!! -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau