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

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Marty Pauley writes:

 > On 16/08/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > If you agree, it *is* a contract.  That is the essence.
 > 
 > This isn't true in British law.  A contract needs agreement AND
 > (bi-directional) consideration (something of value).  Without
 > consideration it is just an agreement, not a contract.

Sure, but the point here is that there is no presumption of agreement
if there is no presumption that Windows actually booted.  Discussing
what the consideration provided by the user might be is way outside
the scope of that discussion.