Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!netxcom!jallen From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: MSC 5.0 License Agreement Message-ID: <258@netxcom.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 15:58:24 EDT Article-I.D.: netxcom.258 Posted: Fri Jul 10 15:58:24 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 13:24:51 EDT References: <2262@mibte.UUCP> Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:5562 comp.lang.c:2975 In article <2262@mibte.UUCP> jnj@mibte.UUCP (Jim Jackson) writes: > Does anyone know if the 5.0 license agreement will be the same as >4.0? That is, does Microsoft demand that you display THEIR company name >on the screen everytime YOUR program is run? ... > I really have a hard time recommending any product that uses this >forced advertising. Any comments? > Jim Jackson (Michigan Bell) mibte!jnj ... >P.S. You DID read the license before you opened the shrink-wrap, didn't you? My question is: Why not modify the license agreement before opening the floppy seals? Are my changes any less legal/valid than their (Microsoft's) original stuff? What if I write in: "By accepting my money, Microsoft agrees to be bound by my changes in, and additions to this license agreement.", then strike out the part about including their copyright? ... These agreements are all just so much crap anyway, aren't they? ... John Allen ========================================================================= NetExpress Communications, Inc. seismo!{sundc|hadron}!netxcom!jallen 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 (703) 749-2238 Vienna, Va., 22180 =========================================================================