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U.S. Court Ruling Nixes EULA Sales Restrictions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the interesting-twist dept.

Raziel writes: "The Register is reporting in this article that a district court has ruled in favour of "software users that wish to extricate themselves from restrictive software licenses". The case in question is Adobe vs Softman, and in its ruling, the District of California seems to vacate Adobe's claims of "irrepairable damage" caused by the resale of Adobe products without forcing the use of Adobe's registration process. The full ruling is available in PDF format here. Any chance of a precedent here?" You can also read the Don Marti piece piece that sparked this discussion.

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  1. Re:Not Ironic by JohnDenver · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Irony

    1a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
    1b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
    1c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

    2a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain).
    2b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.


    1. If it fits one of the following, it's ironic.

    2. In this case we don't expect this odd coincidence (company involved loosing litigation has ruling publishing in format they invented), which is what actually occurs... Hence the irony...

    3. Given the liberal defintion of 2a, Alanis Morriset's situations in her song also demonstrates irony...

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  2. Re:I wonder what this means for preinstalled softw by Nailer · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I got in trouble for donating 500 licences of MS Office 98, and MS windows that had been bundled with our machines when we changed to all open source.

    Really? You gave away 500 licenses of Office 98, which only came out on the Macintosh, and 500 lcienses of MS Windows? That seems very unusual. Don't you mean Office 97 or 2000, which were PC versions? I find it odd you have touble remembering the name of the software you gave away when it caused you so much trouble with the IRS.