[geeks] Just when you thought MS license was evil incarnate

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Wed Aug 14 14:43:01 CDT 2002


On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 03:40:21PM -0400, Rob wrote:
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/08/12/020812opgripe.xml
> 
> We now have licenses for books. Including but not limited to, " the
> "licensee" was nonetheless prohibited from disclosing any of the
> information in the book to third parties."
> 
> Welcome to America, check your brain at the door.

I highly doubt that is enforceable unless they make you sign an NDA
before handing the book to you.  Not that any of us could afford the
lawyer fees needed to test it.

That is a truly evil sounding license.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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