Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00

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In <36213b4a.7759144@news.concentric.net> darrow@oneillaw.com (M O'Neill) writes:

>>And it
>>is the "total destruction of modern commercial society if such contracts
>>are found to be illegal" 

>considering that such contracts have already been found to be illegal,
>it's dubious that any court is going to find much merit in such an
>argument.

Great. However, my faith in the courts is not quite as great as yours.
For example the "Look and Feel" cases which made it through the courts(
and Destroyed the VP company which produced a great spreadsheet-- I
still use it-- in the late 80s). Plus the willingness of some courts to
uphold shrinkwrapped licenses.  Judges unfortunatley(?) are humans, and
power and fear of the consequences of their actions can affect them.
Once they have decided, they can always find arguments to back up their
decision, no matter what it is. Or are you arguing that social practice
never influences the decisions of the courts?

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/12
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