On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Carol Shepherd <shepherd[_at_]arborlaw.com> wrote:
>
> "Any other industry" doesn't get to market goods to consumers that go
> dead in the middle of operation... software is different legally in
> many ways. For better or worse, the differences are accepted as a
> commercially reasonable industry standard. One of the ways in which
> software is different is that it is licensed rather than sold.
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That should read "it is purported to be licensed rather than sold". Whether it is or not will be a matter for the USC to decide, as it involves Constitutional issues.
Lynn
Lynn Winebarger
<owinebar[_at_]free-expression.org
Received on Wed Jan 12 2000 - 22:16:13 GMT
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