[Gllug] New Microsoft Licencing scheme

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:34:19PM +0100, Timothy Coggins wrote:
> 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?

Especially interesting if you can only read the licence once you have opened the wrapper.
Unfair terms & conditions ???

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Alain Williams

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