a proposed change to the OSD

[David Johnson]

On Friday 01 November 2002 07:29 am, Mahesh T Pai wrote:

> > I don't need to agree to a license in order to read a book. I don't
> > need to agree to a license in order to listen to music. I should
> > not have to agree to anything in order to use a copy of software
> > which I own.
>
> But then, music will not cost you a dime if it 'malfunctions'; and
> books do not corrupt your hard disks / data.

I still haven't come to grips yet with the concept that a contract is required 
for disclaimers of warranty. It seems to me that there must be another 
mechanism that achieves the same result.

-- 
David Johnson
___________________
http://www.usermode.org
pgp public key on website
--
license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3