Re: backup disk format

From: Ben Hutchings <do-not-spam-benh_at_bwsint.com>
Date: 15 Aug 2003 12:01:44 GMT
Message-ID: <slrnbjpiu9.1e8.do-not-spam-benh@tin.bwsint.com>

In article <b90ojvoht8a8gg4o6cmg45qdd6skdjvjdc_at_4ax.com>, Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On 14 Aug 2003 16:36:13 GMT, Ben Hutchings

><do-not-spam-benh_at_bwsint.com> wrote:

>

>>Evidence?
>>

>
>
> Come on. Obviously you don't ever read a license

I do read licenses. I also know that most of the boiler-plate legalese found in such licenses has not been tested in court and may not be enforceable (outside those US states that passed UCITA into law).

>>> The binary formats they use are proprietory.
>>
>>Of course.  However, restrictions on interoperability are generally
>>considered anticompetitive and unenforceable.

>
> I'm pretty sure they are quite enforceable. When they sue you, you
> will loose, mister, because you violated the license. How about that?

What makes you so sure? Please cite a case. Received on Fri Aug 15 2003 - 07:01:44 CDT