[Gllug] Evesham/Linux for a small business

[Doug Winter]

On Thu 06 Nov Jason Clifford wrote:
> You stated it's from the US - in that case it's meaningless here.

Well, it's not directly relevant case law, but it's not meaningless.
Judges with very similar training and very similar laws have ruled that
EULAs can be valid.

I only quote the US because of the lack of case law in this country.
 
> More local case law (Scots only though) decided that shrink wrap licenses 
> are not enforcable.

Have you got a reference?  I'd be interested to see it.

> > So, yes, these cases are from the USA, but their Uniform Commercial Code
> > isn't that dissimilar to our common law, Sales Of Goods Act and so forth.
> 
> Airline and other similar tickets are not a good example as there is 
> specific legislation to allow for how conditions are (not) given out.

Personally I agree, but it wasn't me that made the ruling :)

doug.

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