Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!noao!ut-sally!nather From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Quaid clobbers Vault Corp. in court ruling Message-ID: <12190@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: 26 Jun 88 18:37:09 GMT References: <5912@megaron.arizona.edu> <4499@killer.UUCP> <2988@bigtex.uucp> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 25 I'm "replying" to this posting because I think it's too important to be lost in a "by the way" addendum to a different topic. I've changed the subject line to reflect this content better. In article <2988@bigtex.uucp>, james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) writes: > > BTW: The 5th circuit appellate court ruled on Vault vs. Quaid last > Tuesday. I have the decision and it's pretty interesting. Quaid won > a complete victory, and the shrink-wrap prohibitions against > disassembly were explicitly ruled unenforcable. Ruling also lets you > modify programs at will to any extent useful, and voids contract > clauses preventing that. > -- > James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-sally!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" > Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746 -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU