[Free-sklyarov-uk] a win for sanity! and free speech

[David Damerell]

On Thursday, 8 Nov 2001, Jim Peters wrote:
>Julian T. J. Midgley wrote:
>> (lots of stuff)
>Okay, I hear what you're saying.  But since software now falls under
>copyright law, a software company would be crazy not to use it.  And
>since they now have the right to control distribution through their
>copyright, presumably they can legally say, "You can't have it unless
>you sign this license agreement".

They can, yes, but in practice they don't; the software is sold to you
by a third party as a simple transaction without entering into any
contracts.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?