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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-14 07:06:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:49:13 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9gafcr$lsk$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1FE1FE.B49AE27F@noaa.gov> <9fotpi$4k6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b24dc21$1@news.tce.com> <3B25D5FB.15C9B240@dresdner-bank.com> <9g5as6$hbq$1@magnum.mmm.com> <9g5ipg$roq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b28b36a$1$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 992526555 22420 136.170.200.133 (14 Jun 2001 13:49:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jun 2001 13:49:15 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8721 comp.lang.awk:3053 comp.lang.clarion:21911 comp.lang.java.programmer:76308 comp.lang.pl1:1022 comp.lang.vrml:3791 Date: 2001-06-14T13:49:15+00:00 List-Id: Well, O.K., my usage may not be precise. I *do* mean "common law". There are countries (and I think the State of Louisiana) that have "code" law. There is something called the UCC which is increasingly accepted in most states for dealing with business transactions. I have some passing familiarity with all of this from a course in contract law I took for an MBA, but I'm no expert by any stretch. The point was that there are circumstances under which the UCC gets invoked or where you might be dealing with a state that has "code" law for how to deal with the particulars of *this* situation. Understanding what happens there means knowing what the code says. Then you have the more general "common law" interpretations of when a contract becomes a contract. When it comes to software licenses, I couldn't tell you for sure that it falls under common law or if it comes under UCC. Therefore my qualification of the statement. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" wrote in message news:3b28b36a$1$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net... > In <9g5ipg$roq$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, on 06/12/2001 > at 01:16 PM, "Marin David Condic" > said: > > >That's the part that gets legally questionable. In normal contract > >law, > > I assume that by "normal" you mean common law. Various states have > introduced legislation to make shrink-wrap licenses enforcable. >