Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:33:56 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 Message-ID: <4203C014.8040104@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEDOFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEDOFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > [ ... ] Seriously - from a legal perspective you > have absolutely no obligation to follow their restrictions unless of > course they were smart enough to have you sign a piece of paper before > they let you in the door. No contractual relationship exists between > you and them now, you can ignore what they tell you to do with impunity > as long as you don't break any civil laws, ie: theft, malicious mischief, > etc. All they can do is tell you your not welcome in the door anymore. Ted, it's better to give no advice than bad advice. This is especially true when the issue is a legal matter, and you are not a lawyer. See 18 USC 1030: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001030----000-.html It would be a remarkably bad idea to reformat and reinstall the OS on a US-government-owned computer without getting written permission first. And yes, even a computer owned by your local school counts... -- -Chuck
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