[nzlug] Re: M$ is targeting YOU

[Simon Bridge]

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 15:06 +1200, Warren wrote:
> On 2007/03/22 14:31, "Nick Rout" <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, March 22, 2007 10:10 am, Simon Bridge wrote:
> >> At least it is no longer a shrink-wrap license.
> >> 
> >> To be fair, I have yet to meet anyone who consciously intends to comply
> >> with the license terms when they click "accept" anyway.
> > 
> > Doesn't matter, tick the box, you agree. Simple. Same as signing a
> > contract or otherwise affirming some legal obligation.
> > 
> > 
> 
> What about Dell's nasty "You must accept the enclosed license before using
> this machine" Check box on their hardware - when the license is only on the
> hard drive???  

Ahh... you cannot read the licence before "agreeing"?

This is what I was thinking of in the case of shrink-wrap licences - by
opening the wrapper you agree to the licence whose terms are inside.

And the fact remains - however it may or may not matter - that large
numbers of people click "agree" without reading the terms and with no
thought towards compliance. No wonder MS thinks the world is full of
pirates and thieves.

Pirate copies of windows change hands all the time - usually as second
resales of an oem version, or when is not forced to explicitly agree to
the eula when they buy a second hand computer off their mate at school.

But but but, what I was *interested* in was whether the licences these
days still have the bit about being able to return the software for a
refund if you don't agree with the terms.