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: 2001-06-13 08:28:03 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!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B278351.ED8C47E1@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> <3B267A3D.1B2F2750@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9g61hj$35f$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:14:25 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 992445291 151.168.144.162 (Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:14:51 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:14:51 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8660 comp.lang.java.programmer:75980 Date: 2001-06-13T10:14:25-05:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > "I Accept" button. That "contract" doesn't even promise that the software > "Wes Groleau" wrote in message > news:3B267A3D.1B2F2750@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com... > > 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." You are criticizing words that imply acceptance of a product that one has not seen (and I agree with you) but I am criticizing the even stupider idea that one can accept a "license" that one hasn't seen. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau