Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:00

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In <danlv6.241.ln@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk> Mark Evans <mark@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk> writes:

>The loophole is that you don't *sell* software at all, you sell
>a licence to use the software. 

No you do not. That is what the companies would like to claim, but the
transaction withthe customer is the same as any other transaction in
which goods are sold. The company would like to alter the terms of the
deal after you have paid your money. That makes as much sense as if I
sent the software company a letter aftr they had deposited my cheque
saying that they were bound by certain provisions of my shrinkwrapped
consumer contract.

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/10
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