Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:09:08 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: <chat@freebsd.org>, "Thomas David Rivers" <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: <ragnar@sysabend.org> Subject: RE: BSD, GPL, the world today. Message-ID: <000101be9d8d$38c6e120$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <373B4B46.8DDE6A1E@softweyr.com>
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> > You "bought" the software, and agreed to the license terms > > when you opened the box, didn't you - Caveat Emptor. > > That's a pretty fine legal point that hasn't fully been settled yet, but > the court cases seem to be leaning towards throwing it out. The shrink > wrap license may finally! become a stupidity of the past within the > next few years. If so, that will be the end of the GPL/GLL, as they are the grandaddy of all shrink wrap agreements. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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