Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!mjr From: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C Message-ID: <1279@osiris.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 10:36:23 EDT Article-I.D.: osiris.1279 Posted: Thu Jul 9 10:36:23 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 06:46:49 EDT References: <381@aucs.UUCP> <875@kodak.UUCP> <1206@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <305@ashtate.UUCP> Organization: Johns Hopkins Hospital Lines: 33 Summary: be real! In article <305@ashtate.UUCP>, cy@ashtate.UUCP (Cy Shuster) writes: > > Just a reminder: most software is not *sold* to you, but *licensed* for > your use only. The MS License Agreement reads: "As the LICENSEE, you own > the magnetic or other media on which the SOFTWARE is originally or subse- > quently recorded or fixed, but Microsoft retains title and ownership of the > SOFTWARE recorded on the original disk and all subsequent copies... In no > event may you transfer, assign, rent, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of > the SOFTWARE..." YOU CAN'T EVEN THROW THE SHIT AWAY !!!! FLAME ON !!! That's just De Jure! The law is stupid! Suppose I get software from Microsoft. I use it a year. I don't own it. I'm not renting it. Suppose I don't like it after a year. Well, since it's still Microsoft's why can't I ask them to take it back and pro-rate the original cost VS the amount of time I could have used the software, and please refund the difference ? Absurd ! Let's face it, the logic behind software copyright law is flawed. It's stupid. It's as braindead as can be, and staking people's fortunes on it is even more stupid. Revolt ! Strike back against the Morons ! Everyone ignores the stupid law aynhow, and sooner or later, if enough people admit it, the law will have to change ! --mjr(); software anarchist. -- If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude. I'm a very technical boy. So I get as crude as possible. These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can even aspire to crudeness... -Johnny Mnemonic