Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:03

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brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:

>I don't know what the fuss is.  There are lots of software vendors and
>computer dealers and even computer stores that sell things with a money
>back guarantee these days.  It's been happening for years.

And not one of them will give you your money back after a relatively 
short period. Say a month. So If the nasty bug shows up after 6 months
of use, you are stuck.

Worse, if the bug takes out the data you'd entered into the program,
or worse yet, takes out unrelated files, you aren't going to get one cent
for that.

I know how hard coping with "everything" is. But that's no excuse for 
the sort of "we disclaim responsibility. All shapes, all sizes, all 
kinds." that seems to be popular.

-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
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Date: 29 Dec 92 00:03:30 GMT
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