On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:05:14AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >So my non-lawyer *opinion* is that you're not required to destroy the
> >software, you still have a legal copy, and you're permitted to make
> >archival and backup copies of it and run it as many times as you want to
> >see that dialog box, but you can't do any more than that with it without
> >accepting the contract.
>
> Just to reiterate, I already accepted the only *legally and ethically
> binding* contract on the transaction that resulted in my getting
> a copy of the software.
>
Surely also, since you haven't accepted the 'new' contract you can
still (under basic copyright law) modify the software etc. and thus
bypass the bit that asks you to accept the new terms anyway.
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