Re: Addendum (was Re: My pc mother board has died - Install xp oem
- From: "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:22:41 -0400
Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
GHalleck wrote:
Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
kurttrail wrote:
Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
<scratches head> Y'know...I hadn't even thought about that.
Interesting point. And off the top of my head, I'm not sure what
is permissible. Copyright and fair use drive me crazy.
Maybe just to keep it nice and clean, I'll stick to a summary of
the various arguments that have been put forth here.
You really don't need any permission to use these posts, unless you
were reproducing them for sale.
<crosses eyes> It's too soon for another copyright debate :) but
there are two issues, one legal and one ethical. The legal issue
splits into technical and practical. As a practical matter, no harm
would come to me by printing and mailing the posts. Technically, I
don't really care because I've seen it argued that the sky is green
and the grass is blue, and with the legal system being what it is,
sometimes it's just the luck of the draw when they're handing out
judges. I have a friend who took a "never should have been filed"
case to the SCOTUS twice over a period of almost 10 years (affording
him the opportunity to send both of his children to a very good
private school)--and he won, twice--but it was costly. Of course,
the only reason his client was sued is that it had deep
pockets...and I certainly don't. :) I'm more concerned with the
ethical issue, and while I'll spare you a
dissertation on my personal philosophy--which focuses on doing the
right thing even when it's inconvenient--upon reflection, I don't
really think it's the right thing to do. Furthermore, it adds
nothing to my question for Microsoft. If they want to see how much
misinformation is being passed along about the entire activation
process, they can google for it, just like I did.
And as one more purely practical matter, people who overstuff
envelopes look like cranks. A one page certified letter gets a whole
lot more attention than does a fat, battered envelope (they never
emerge from the postal machines unscathed).
There's more--I've been trained to consider even the most outlandish
possibilities--but this is enough for here.
I guess now that I've put this much time into talking about it, I'm
actually going to have to take the time to write the damn letter.
That's one more spanking for you, Kurt. <grin>
rl
First, there are no copyright issues involved. This is an open
forum. Second, the opinions being expressed are supposedly those
of those who have posted them. And this is being done knowingly.
Third, although Microsoft might look at, and perhaps police, the
forums it has created under its sponsorship, it has no official
role because problems involving computers, software, hardware,
etc., are many and diverse and too diverse except for the major
blunders. Sit back and as somebody else wrote in this thread,
enjoy the show and take away what would be most valuable for you.
Okay. Open forum has nothing to do with it. The book on my floor is
open, and I can't copy that. It's really not the issue anyway.
Sure you can copy that book for a fair use.
The issue is, I want the question answered, definitively, by
Microsoft, the scrivner of the EULA. <snip>
MS cannot give your the ultamite definitive answer, just as SCO is not
the one that will give IBM the definitive answer over their UNIX license
dispute. Only a judge can do can definitively answer this question, and
until MS sues someone for changing their mobo, you have every right to
interpret the EULA as you see fit.
--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."
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