Re:This Just Helps Open Source Thrive
by
technos
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· Score: 2
Just because this particular evil may drive people to OSS does not make it an acceptable evil.
Under the provisions of the UCITA, it is possible for me to advertise my produst, call it 'Webinfinite 2.0', as the greatest thing since FORTRAN. I can proceed to label copies of 'Stoned-B', complete with an installer that disables your virus scanner, as WI 2.0. Under the terms of my newly enforcable shrinkwrap licence, not only can I extort fees form you for the ability to uninstall it, I can prevent you from talking about it under penalty of fine.
Or worse yet, I can give you a perfectly functional bit of UberSoft, and then remotly disable it later; I have chosen to change my pricing structure. What! Ddn't you read the licence? Yes, the one in 2 point mirror image! You don't own that software! Now pay up the $49.99 like a good sheep or we will forcefully remove said software. I'll warn you in advance though, we usually corrupt the partition table in the process, and according to the license that is within our right as owner of the software..
So, Mr. Sheep, what was your credit card number again?
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Just because this particular evil may drive people to OSS does not make it an acceptable evil.
Under the provisions of the UCITA, it is possible for me to advertise my produst, call it 'Webinfinite 2.0', as the greatest thing since FORTRAN. I can proceed to label copies of 'Stoned-B', complete with an installer that disables your virus scanner, as WI 2.0. Under the terms of my newly enforcable shrinkwrap licence, not only can I extort fees form you for the ability to uninstall it, I can prevent you from talking about it under penalty of fine.
Or worse yet, I can give you a perfectly functional bit of UberSoft, and then remotly disable it later; I have chosen to change my pricing structure. What! Ddn't you read the licence? Yes, the one in 2 point mirror image! You don't own that software! Now pay up the $49.99 like a good sheep or we will forcefully remove said software. I'll warn you in advance though, we usually corrupt the partition table in the process, and according to the license that is within our right as owner of the software..
So, Mr. Sheep, what was your credit card number again?
.sig: Now legally binding!