Yes they can, and I have seen many corner stores selling these separately.
My laundry powder explicitely states in big lettering on the
packet "use only one scoop". Am I breaking the law if I use two scoops?
The question I am asking is how much of a licence aggreement is intimidation
of the part of the software manufacturer and how much of it is actually
enforceable?
And what about upgrades? If I upgrade, crossgrade, upgrade, upgrade, crossgrade and finally upgrade, do I have to retain possession of all of those previous
versions to still have a valid licence?
If I purchase some software, install it on my hard drive, and then discard
the installation disks (which is my right as a consumer) is my software still
a 'legal' licenced version?
In all these cases is it my responsibility to prove the software is licenced
(ie. prove my innocence) or is it the responsibility of the manufacturer to
prove the software is unlicenced?
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Pymble 2053
AUSTRALIA
University, n.:
Like a software house, except the software's free, and it's
usable, and it works, and if it breaks they'll quickly tell you how to
fix it, and ...
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> Why don't you just do it, and ask Microsoft to sue you over the breach, then
> let the court decide? I think you'd lose on a point of law, and not just
> because they can afford better lawyers.
>
> Peter
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> Peter Meric pmeric@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au
> pmeric@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au
> pmeric@nospam.acs.itd.uts.edu.au
>
> "Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by
> legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being
> stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence
> is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out
> automatically and without pity."
>
> Robert Heinlein
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>