Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!gatech!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!dasys1!ejablow From: ejablow@dasys1.UUCP (Eric Robert Jablow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C Message-ID: <894@dasys1.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jul-87 00:17:33 EDT Article-I.D.: dasys1.894 Posted: Sun Jul 26 00:17:33 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 21:01:33 EDT References: <1116@killer.UUCP> <1119@killer.UUCP> <634@fai.UUCP> Reply-To: ejablow@dasys1.UUCP (Eric Robert Jablow) Organization: Big Electric Cat//SUNY at Stony Brook Math Dept. Lines: 33 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:6065 misc.legal:2244 In article <634@fai.UUCP> stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) writes: > > [Much deleted] > >Doesn't mean a thing. Actually signing and sending back the license is not >required. Note that the package containing the software was shrink-wrapped >and labeled with the words "By opening this package, you accept the terms and >conditions of the license agreement," or words to that effect. > Actually, shrink-wrap "licenses" have been ruled invalid in many cases all across the country. According to the law in almost every state is a provision making the Unified Commercial Code (UCC) the law. Violations of the UCC can render licenses and contracts invalid. These shrink-wrap "licenses" haved been ruled to violate the code, much the same as a warranty limitation not fully disclosed before purchase, or any other unusual contract provision. The buyer must be given the chance to inspect the material unencumbered by such unconsciable limitations. If the UCC is violated, the contract reverts to the state's standard rules. I am not a lawyer; I would therefore appreciate a lawyer's commenting on this matter. >The best government is no government at all. That comment should be discussed in talk.politics.theory, same as the "society" discussions in the Jury Duty articles. -- Eric Jablow {allegra,philabs,cmcl2}!phri\ Big Electric Cat Public Unix {bellcore,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!ejablow New York, NY, USA Copyright 1987 First Category Press