On Wed, 08 Apr 1998 20:35:27 +0100, Ahmad Risk <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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>That would be feasible if you actually *owned* the software. The fact
>is that you don't. You have a *license* to use it.
Well, this is what it says on the bits of paper which come with
computer software. I'd be interested in Graham Ross's opinion on how
legally watertight this. Generally, consumer contracts are only
legally binding if they are fair and reasonable. Would anyone consider
it reasonable if a novelist put a statement on page 1 saying that
buying the book only gave you the right to read it until he had
completed his next novel - then you had to destroy it and buy the new
one!
David
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Dr David Evans
Cardiff
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