Re: MS Windows WGA/EULA upheld in court ruling...Oops!...LOL!
Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>>> Oh, you lied in the subject. The court did not uphold the EULA.
>>>
>>> WGA is part of the EULA
>>
>> False. WGA is not mentioned once in the XP EULA as the EULA was
>> written long before WGA was deployed or created. If you still have XP,
>> open Windows Explorer/Help/About Windows XP/End User Agreement link.
>>
>
> "In his denial, Judge Jones found that *WGA* was a part of Windows XP,
> not some separate software. If it had been separate, plaintiffs had
> argued, a strict interpretation of Microsoft's *EULA* should have
> prevented it from being downloaded. The typical definition of spyware
> (which may also be part of some states' legal definition) is that it
> keeps itself hidden from its user; and the judge maintained WGA not only
> announces its presence, but is part of Windows XP just like any other
> component."
>
>> Of course, after all your bleating and whining about off topic posts,
>> why the hell did you post an article about Windows XP in a Windows 7
>> newsgroup?
>>
> The article is about *WGA* and the *EULA*, both of which are a part of
> Windows 7.
>
> Oops!
Again, sigh, the quote above only rules that WGA is not spyware and is a
part of XP. My EULA with SP3 and all the updates has not been changed.
It does not rule that the EULA is a valid document because the court
wasn't asked to rule on that. IOW, whoopiti fucking do. Oh, and off
topic to say the least.
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Alias