Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)

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From: David Douthitt
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:27

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charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:

| But the Foo/9000 and Foonix come with licenses that say THIS COMPUTER AND
| ALL OF ITS SOFTWARE ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.  ANYTHING
| THEY DO IS NOT OUR PROBLEM.  WE DISCLAIM EVERYTHING.

Thank goodness someone else noticed those warrantees.  What a load of
MALARKEY ...  Thank goodness for the part that says "SOME OF THESE
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT BE VALID IN SOME STATES" -- ie, some states have
passed laws that actually (GASP!) force a company to be (OH MY!) RESPONSIBLE
for its products... in Wisconsin, Ibetcha it's the "Lemon Law" that I've
heard about...

Now if it was only possible to get rid of the part that says,
YOU DON'T OWN THIS PRODUCT, WE DO.  YOU ONLY PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO USE IT.
ANYTHING WE SAY GOES...


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From: rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt)
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Subject: Stupid Licenses (YUCK!)
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