On Saturday 17 March 2007, Dale wrote:
>I'm not a lawyer or law student and I may be considered by many to be
>totaly wrong but here it is anyway. Just because it's written on a piece
>of paper or kept in electronic format, or any form of document, even if
>signed and witnessed does not make it a legal and binding contract.
>Thats just my opinion be it right or wrong, which would have to be
>fought over by the lawyers. The same people who came up with the legal
>language (gobledegook) of the contract.
It has been fought over, in court, and the courts have repeatedly held
that if the only way to get past the license gobbledgook being displayed
is to click on the 'I Agree' button, that is the equ of having signed a
contract, and therefore is legally enforceable.
>How many of you have a patent or have read any patents? BTW there's no
>reason to answer that. Patents have their own language and make me
>wonder Just how many times can you write the same vague meaningless
>dribble over and over, page after page?? In order to bust a patent only
>requires proof of prior art. I would imagine studying the work of
>DeVinci could render many patents invalid and unenforcable.
Indeed!
>Just an opinion and there's no need to have a long drawnout discussion
>of the matter. consider it some thing to think about :)
>
>No responce needed or expected!
>
>Regards
>Dale
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Cheers, Gene
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
I had the rare misfortune of being one of the first people to try and
implement a PL/1 compiler.
-- T. Cheatham
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