Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 18:08 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
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I never said signed... yet the contract was agreed to at the installation process
Actually, if you've been following along lately, that's known as a post-sale restriction. You can't take somebody's money, and then, as they are using the product, impose some wierd restiction that they did not agree to _in writing_ at the time of the sale. That's really the whole point.
Right now, I could buy a copy of OSX, come home to my nice computer, and in the process of installing it, find out that they arbitrarily decided to forbid me from installing it on certain of my computers.
I believe that to be illegal, and I think the courts will soon agree. Certainly, in many countries it is definitely illegal to impose a post-sale restriction. I don't think it has been settled yet in the U.S., but it seems tremendously obvious that it is wrong. Nevertheless, the U.S. is famous for allowing some strange things, especially if campaign comtributions are involved. Especially in West Texas!
Then its not a contract its a 'End User License Agreement'.
See the links below:
http://www.osnews.com/story/22233/The_Difference_Between_EULAs_and_...
http://www.osnews.com/story/21010/Can_Your_Cat_Agree_to_an_EULA_






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2005-07-06
Where is the signed contract?