Jupiter said:
kurttrail;
"Bad netiquette" is also bringing up a subject not appropriate to a
particular newsgroup.
It's about the licensing claims of the licensor in general. My OP even
specifically mentioned Windows XP EULA, in connection to the SCO/IBM
situation. I'm trying to get a straight answer for a question you yourself
have previously refused to answer.
I'm trying to draw the connection between the two to demonstrate to the
mostly rational casual observer that a legally unsubstatiated licensing
claim is just that, and it is neither morally nor legally a fact until it
has been legally substantiated in a law, or by the preponderance of the
evidence in a court of law, not just because the licensor and it's advocates
repeat it over & over again, like a mantra.
"We are the MicroBorg! You will use XP on One Computer! Resistence is
Futile! You will be assimilated!"
Perhaps if you would take your question to an appropriate forum, you
may get a good answer.
I think ya'll have answered it, by avoiding to answer it directly, it like
the plague. I never saw so many people avoid answering a question directly
that weren't politicians!
Maybe your argument has no validity there either.
I believe it was a question, not an argument. Somebody is gonna have to
answer it directly first, before any real argument, or for that matter,
before a rational discussion occurs.
Of course maybe I missed something and the SCO issue is specifically a
Windows XP issue.
I believe I made the connection in my OP.
"Since ya'll believe that MS's *Windows* *XP* "shrink-wrap license" One
Computer claims should be followed despite never being legally substantiated
as being legally enforcable over an individuals right to 'fair use':"
"'DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IBM SHOULD JUST CAVE IN TO SCO'S LICENSING CLAIMS
BEFORE SCO LEGALLY SUBSTANTIATES THOSE CLAIMS?'"
It's about, when does a licensing claim become legal fact, before or after
it has been legally substantiated by the licensor?
Rather simple question, I would have thought. F*ck me silly, but I guess
I'm guilty of over-estimating that intelligence of the average MicroZealot!
Juppy Maus MS-MVP Signiture Censor strikes again! I just love that he goes
out of his way to change my sig time and again. I use OE quote-fix to cut
off peoples' sigs automatically. I guess he get some kind of thrill
fingering the same key over & over again over my sig. I bet his a**hole is
happy for attention my sig draws away from it. PMSL!
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Peace!
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