From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 22 10:49:42 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 10:49:40 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (chopper.poohsticks.org [63.227.60.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B8A37B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:49:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (drew@localhost.poohsticks.org [127.0.0.1]) by chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBMIneh14119 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:49:40 -0700 Message-Id: <200012221849.eBMIneh14119@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:43:24 +0100." <20001222084324.181F596EC@toad.stack.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <14115.977510980.1@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:49:40 -0700 From: Drew Eckhardt Sender: drew@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001222084324.181F596EC@toad.stack.nl>, marcov@stack.nl writes: >Exactly the same in Europe, only the sharing parts are new for me. >The difference seems to be: >The problem is that in the US, it is legal to override this with the >licensing conditions. In Europe this right is inalienable. Some courts feel that once you've paid for a piece of software, the contract has been consumated, and the other party is not allowed to make any changes to that contract. For example, they can't tell you that once you open the pack containing the floppy diskettes, you agree to not reverse engineer the software and if you don't like it you can have your money back. Those terms weren't present when the contract was entered into, so they're not valid. Of course, anyone can sue anyone for any reason; and it's often less expensive to settle out of court even if you have a legally valid position. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message