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Re: SALE!!!

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From: Mr S J Liddicott
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 10:09
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 In article <1992Oct29.054337.7414@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
 >In <1992Oct28.005511.20489@cs.ucla.edu> gast@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes:
 >
 >>Second, some feel that all these licenses are adhesion contracts and
 >>that in reality we have made a purchase and can whatever we want with
 >>the product.  
 >
 >There are always some who feel that they can do whatever they want.
 >Then then go to great lengths to try to justify why they should be
 >able to.  Then they complain about it when the people they are doing
 >what they want TO feel like they need to get lawyers and/or
 >enforcement into the picture.
 >
 >-- 
 >"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 > in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
 >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 >Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

You don't say whether those who feel they can do whatever they want 
and try to justify it etc....  are the software vendors with their
fake lisences they try and palm off on gullible users - or
users who recognise this fakery....
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From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: SALE!!!
Date: 30 Oct 1992 10:09:02 -0000
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