Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri Apr 29 2022 00:30:41

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Spectre <=-

 pF> There was a way to get a refund, but it was as difficult as Microsoft
 pF> could make it. It was one of the first "shrinkwrap" license issues to
 pF> come to court. By opening the package you agreed to the license terms
 pF> before, if memory recalls, being able to read the full licensing terms.

And then they took it one step further and claimed that the license for that
copy of Windows was bound to the machine.  No more piling up those shrink
wrapped versions and selling them cheap at the local computer show.


.... Rudolph changed his nose to 500 watts. Blew a fuse.
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