Eiffel Forum License

[Patrick Doyle]

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, David Johnson wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Patrick Doyle wrote:
> 
> > Legally, you can do two things:
> > 
> > 1. Adhere to the terms of the license.
> > 2. Don't make copies of the software.
> > 
> > Is it not that simple?  (Please excuse my ignorance.  :-)
> 
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>
> I have a big problem with "license agreements". They state that "by
> using this program you agree to ...". They rarely grant additional
> permissions, but restrict the legal rights to the copy that you already
> have.

Aha, I see what you mean.  It seems that this goes beyond copyright law
into the territory of contract law.  I know nothing about the latter--and
almost nothing about the former--but it is far from obvious that such
"licenses" are legally binding.

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Patrick Doyle
doylep at ecf.toronto.edu