"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message news:alangbaker-FAECC5.13290721072008@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net... > In article <5fdd6$4884e7ca$29385@news.teranews.com>, > "Crab Apple" <crab@pple.com> wrote: > >> "nospamatall" <nospamatall@iol.ie> wrote in message >> news:tARfk.26403$j7.470760@news.indigo.ie... >> > Crab Apple wrote: >> > >> >> >> >>>>> It is the law and business and it is all about lawyers and money, >> >>>>> both >> >>>>> of which I suspect Apple has vastly more of. >> >>>> IOW, Apple will get all the justice money can buy. >> >>>> >> >>> Which is pretty much standard for copyright and trademark law isn't >> >>> it? >> >> >> >> No. It's standard for a large, wealthy corporation riding roughsod >> >> over >> >> the rights of the little guy. >> > >> > The right to use their product for whateverthefuck you want, regardless >> > of >> > the wishes of the company that made the product? >> >> The right to use the software I paid for on my computer, regardless of >> what >> logo is on its case. > > You have no such right.
Sure I do.
> You purchased a *license* to use that software and that license has > terms.
Software licenses are enforced for the purpose that the creators get paid for their work. Anything beyond that is none of their business.
