[CS-FSLUG] Any abandoned copies of Windows XP
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Sun May 1 14:02:17 CDT 2005
On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:34 am, Don Parris wrote:
[snip]
> Just out of curiosity, Have you tried the 2.0 beta of OOo yet,
> Nathan? It should work a bit better.
Yes......VERY nice!
> This is one reason I have such difficulty with restrictive EULAs. I can
> resell my old books, but cannot give away my old software CD. It's pure
> stupidity. I should have that right with software. EULAs often expand
> beyond the bounds of what copyright was intended to accomplish. To me, it
> is an affront to freedom.
It's another reason that I WON'T use MickySoft......NONE, NADA, PERIOD!! I
give away most of my old SUSE CDs, which IS legal.
> As a sidenote, check out Lessig's "Free Culture". I'm willing to say a
> good many people don't know what a "pirate" Walt Disney was. Or for that
> matter, how about your local cable company (at least the earliest ones)?
> Cable was really not so different from, say, Napster (redistributing
> content), even though the implications are somewhat different.
>
> I do not believe that Christians should violate EULAs. Of course, I think
> it's a bad idea to use software with such restrictive license terms to
> begin with.
Yes......just say "NO" to MickySoft!!
Fred
--
The only bug free software from MickySoft is still shrink-wrapped
in their warehouse..."
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