[ale] OT: Can a cat be an end user?

[Sean McNealy]

Unfortunately, I'd think that since you hadn't agreed to the "License
Agreement" that you probably have not acquired any rights to use the
software that you are downloading.

The problem is that software is copyright and not just a trade secret.
 So even though you are in possession of the binaries, only the cat is
allowed under the license to load and execute the software.

Now you could easily complain about that last statement with a number
of arguments, but enforcing EULAs is still a weird area, anyway.  I
don't think this gets you anywhere, nor does it make anything
simpler...  Heck, enforcing the GPL is difficult, and that's clearer
and fairer than most EULAs.  And you can't have your cat accept the
GPL and then suddenly be allowed to sell an altered, closed-source
linux, can you?

-Sean

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Jim Philips <philips_jim at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Yes, if it clicks on the EULA.
>
> http://www.ohesso.com/essays/essay006.htm
>
> Next, they'll trick it into illegal file sharing. Will the RIAA prosecute?
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