Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: VRPC on a USB pen Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:45:08 +0100 Organization: timil.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5229fc2d98tim@invalid.org.uk> References: <639dd42952.druck@druck.freeuk.net> <4eac453d$0$30785$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <4eac4a2b$0$18793$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <5229ea36b2tim@invalid.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqAcIUbqh27oTTI3Dt5hJw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/5.16) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.misc:2190 In article , druck wrote: > On 29/10/2011 20:28, Tim Hill wrote: > > We shouldn't need to read licences as they should be 'fair'. Any > > deemed to be 'unfair' will not stand up in court. > ...And they all lived happily every after. > Unfortunately life isn't a fairy tail, licences are unfair, and only > lawyers ever win from court action. You can say that but I don't remember any celebrated cases of licensors winning with stupid clauses. Perhaps you could give examples? -- Tim Hill of timil.com . . . * supports TFT & shares in cheaper ethical telecoms http://tjrh.eu/phone * has a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ * accepts incoming email: substitute postmaster@ for tim@ ... "Defend your reputation, or bid farewell to your good life for ever" M W of W Act iii, Sc.2