Colin Barnhorst wrote:
kurttrail wrote:
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
You were sold the licenses, not the software.


That's what is said in the EULA, AFTER the fact of the sale of a
copy of software had already taken place.

It is public knowledge that Microsoft software is licensed unless
stated "OK to share with friends" (which does appear on some items,
like the Security CD Feb 2004 and the Service Pack 2 CD). Microsoft
publishes this on their websites. A store not making a big point
about licensing does not break the license between you and Microsoft.


LOL! Those are free software distributions.

MS allows copies of their copyright software to be sold as retail
products. Then, AFTER THE FACT OF RETAIL SALE, MS tries to change the
fact of the retail sale in their post-sale shrink-wrap license.

NO ONE IS FORCING MS TO ALLOW THE SALE OF COPIES OF THEIR COPYRIGHTED
SOFTWARE AS A RETAIL PRODUCT.

So is MS's post-sale licensing claim legally enforceable? Just because
MS claims something in their license doesn't make it legally so. MS is
not a law unto itself.

Most of the public are totally ignorant of MS's post-sale shrink-wrap
licensing scheme, and it shows how desperate you really are that you
have to try to deceive with your false claim of "public knowledge!"

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