[Gllug] New Microsoft Licencing scheme

[Bruce Richardson]

On 9/18/01, 12:34:19 PM, Timothy Coggins <tc at sonicated.com> wrote regarding 
Re: [Gllug] New Microsoft Licencing scheme:

> If someone agrees to it then of course it is legal.

A contract is not legal just because you agree to it.  That is a basic 
principle of contract law.  You can challenge an unjust contract even if 
you signed it.

These EULAs have simply not been tested.  I have a nasty feeling, though, 
that if they go unchallenged for long enough then they may acquire a 
certain legal weight as standard practice.

But when you get one of those driver CDs with a sticker on the outside 
saying "Opening this container implies your assent to the license 
agreement" and the EULA is inside, that is simply illegal and doesn't 
stand.

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Bruce

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