a b writes: > However, login data can be completely bogus. And like Glenn, I've worked in > the security industry for a number of years and know better than to give out > valid data to some web site run by marketing goons, out there on the big bad > Internet. > > Security 101, no?
Sure. But this isn't security. It's legal. The two have little or nothing to do with each other. If you want to become a lawyer, knock yourself out. But don't expect that common sense, logic, or practices from other fields will make you one. I'm no lawyer, either. I just ask their advice, and follow it as best I can, and I'd recommend that others (at least those whose main goal in professional life isn't understanding the law) do likewise. > So forcing people to go through a click-through agreements is in my opinion > pure and utter nonsense. An appropriate license could be stuck on the > product, and buh-bye! If you were a lawyer, you'd know that any terms or conditions added after the point in time when the contract is formed are invalid. You can't add an "oh, by the way, you can't do X, Y, and Z" after the fact, so the key question is precisely *when* the contract is formed. Basic contract law 101 covers this. (Which, unfortunately, I _have_ studied. :-<) I'm not going to bother posting on this thread again, as I don't think it's going anywhere useful, but I'll leave you with this: law is a separate discipline. Just like any discipline, the practices have an internal logic of their own, but will almost certainly look odd or even "wrong" to those outside the profession. If you try to use some other discipline's rules to evaluate that logic, you'll just drive yourself mad. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
