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List:       linux-java
Subject:    Re: Don't download JDK1.2src! [Was: Re: JAVA2 source code]
From:       Matt Welsh <mdw () cs ! berkeley ! edu>
Date:       1999-02-26 17:34:21
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Artur Biesiadowski <abies@pg.gda.pl> writes:
> I don't think that signing electronic license would stand in any court.
> With old licensing scheme, you had to sign it on paper and fax/mail it -
> and this oligate you to something, but anybody can click license for me
> - these passwords aren't very secure, are they ?

This depends on the country you are in, to be sure. In the United States,
various rulings have found that such "click-wrap" licenses can either be
enforceable or non-enforceable, based on the terms of the license. Don't
be so sure that such a license is non-binding. It may very well be.

Matt Welsh


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