[Gllug] New Microsoft Licencing scheme

[Timothy Coggins]

On Tue, 2001-09-18 at 12:11, Kim Hawtin wrote:
> I remember reading through a M$ licence some time ago looking
> for changes between win 3.x and 95. there was an introduction 
> of the line saying something like 
> "microsoft reserves the right to extinguish any licence at any time"...
> 
> will M$ extinguish all existing licences, and force users to upgrade
> (with or without a fee) to the new scheme? (and is this legal?)

If someone agrees to it then of course it is legal. People forget, you
can always just say no:) A lot of places (PC World et al) will only
return software if it has not been opened. Has anyone brought software
from a shop with a similar policy and wanted to return the product as
they do not accept the license? What was the response?

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