Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00

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On 12 Oct 1998, O'Neill wrote:

> This case doesn't change my opinion that the shrink wrap license
> agreements can be ignored by single users.  I'll be happy to consider
> any other cases that you know of that reach a different result.

Only in Scotland does UK law recognise a shrink wrapped license as being
valid that theirs is the only legislation that recognises 3rd party
contracts in this way.

In England and Wales you have the right to demand a refund on any software
product regardless of what the shrink wrapped license says. The contract
is not binding because the licensor could not possibly have known who the
licensee would be and English/Welsh law requires that all parties to a
contract know who each other are for it to be valid.

Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@ukpost.com>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/12
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