RE: [tlug] copyright and theft [was: unicode font with czech ...]

[<burlingk@example.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J. Turnbull
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:51 PM
> 
>  > Most new systems come set up in such a way that the first time
>  > you boot them, it requires you to agree to the EULA.
> 
> If you agree, it *is* a contract.  That is the essence.
> 
> If the first thing you do is stick in a Knoppix disk, it isn't a
> contract, and nothing can make it one.  The only protection the
> preinstalled bits on the disk have is copyright law.
> 

Read my entire statement.  In the context of my
statement even, what you say is accurate, assuming
I understand what you are saying (i.e. I am not
disagreeing).  If you do not USE the windows software,
you do not need to worry about the license.  It only
effects the use of the Windows OS and packaged junk. :P

However, stripping randome data from the Windows install,
which is what someone suggested in another post, would
still be use, just not execution.  i.e. Swiping their
fonts is not a grey area, or if it is, it is a very 
dark grey area. ^^;;

:P Of course, as for Knoppix, there is still a EULA,
but it is the GPL, and assorted similar licenses instead
of Microsoft's scary stuff. :P

^_^

-- 
Ken