[Gllug] license agreements

[dennis furey]

Hi Glluggers,

This is my first post after lurking for a while. There was a thread
here recently about useless windoze drivers and applications that come
bundled with hardware and have a questionable shrinkwrap agreement,
and it got me thinking. Would anyone care to comment on the following
scenario?

Me: I haven't accepted the software license terms and would like to
exercise my right under the shrinkwrap agreement to return it for a
refund.

Vendor: No problem. Return both the software and the hardware to us
for a refund.

Me: The hardware is mine and you can't have it, but I'm willing to
return the CD that has the software on it.

Vendor: We won't give a refund for just the software by itself.

Me: Dear M$/HP/Adobe/whoever: I'm writing to report an act of "piracy"
by <vendor>, which has knowingly and willfully purveyed a copy of your
software to a non-licensee and refused to honour the terms of the
shrinkwrap agreement.

Then I sit back and watch the show. If nothing happens, I punch it up
a little by putting an advertisement on my web page to sell my
original and legally obtained media to any competitor who would like
to obtain a copy of the software without being bound by the normal
agreement abridging his natural right to decompile it.

Dennis

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