[Fsfe-france] [Nat Makarevitch <address@hidden>] Re: "I Agree"

[Olivier Berger]

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> 16 Jul 2001 09:57:03 +0200
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> lu dans 0xdeadbeef, me semble potentiellement lourd de conséquences pour le
> libre aux USA (?) :
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/technology/13CYBERLAW.html
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> User Agreements and a 'Timeless Issue'
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> By CARL S. KAPLAN
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> Finding that "the timeless issue of assent" has continuing vitality
> in the realm of cyberspace, a federal judge has ruled that Internet
> users who downloaded free software from a Web site were not bound
> by the terms of a software licensing agreement because they never
> consented to it.
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> The ruling, which was issued on July 5th, is one of the first
> decisions to directly address whether a person's mere use of a Web
> site -- without first reading legal fine print and clicking an "I
> agree" button -- can constitute consent to an agreement governing
> the use of the site or its products.
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