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Date: 1998-04-30
Software, Recht & Freiheit-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Software, Recht & Freiheit Wie wirkt sich die Forderung der u.s. Software/Schreiber ums Recht auf Autor/schaft auf die Consumer aus? Bitte zergehen lassen, es ist ein kostbar Stück Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:24:33 -0600 From: Richard Stallman <gnu@gnu.org> Hello, Your organization supports the freedom of programmers to write programs, but what about freedom for software consumers? The Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B, which has been in the drafting stage for several years, gives software companies the ability to screw over their customers. The current UCC prevents companies from taking consumer rights away in the fine print of contracts but article 2B will allow them to write anything they want into the contract.. and they will be able to enforce it. Software companies will take away as many consumer rights as they can. Here's a brief list of items that publishers will be able to put in their licenses (this list is taken from Cem Kaner's web site, http://www.badsoftware.com/ali.html): - Prohibition against publishing detailed criticisms of the software. - Prohibition against reverse engineering. - Prohibition against decompiling the software. - Prohibition (via the ban of reverse engineering) against developing products that are interoperable with this one. - Restrictions on the nature or purposes of use of the product. - Restrictions against competition. - Publisher has choice of law (entirely unrestricted to whatever state or country the publisher chooses) - Publisher has choice of forum (the publisher can choose that you have to sue them in Nigeria). Cem Kaner has a web site with several papers that he has written on the subject: http://www.badsoftware.com/. ZDNet has written a few articles on this subject: http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_1992.html http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/inwk/0435/161310.html Article 2B is a threat to anyone who uses a computer. I just wanted to make sure your organization is aware of it. Thanks, Matt -- =================================================================== Matt Samsonoff mailto:matt@bluelobster.com Blue Lobster Software http://www.bluelobster.com Cascade Centre Tel : 716-546-3550 x252 72 Cascade Drive Fax : 716-546-5488 Rochester, NY 14614 ==================================== TIP 4 MB Webspace für ATS 50.- pro Monat, alles inklusive, abholbar sofort http://www.heimatseite.com - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1998-04-30 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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