Verily I say unto thee, that Matt spake thusly:
> Homer wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Matt spake thusly:
>>> Homer wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:17:11 +0100, Homer wrote:
>>>>>> This clearly pertains to the /software/, /not/ the
>>>>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> Not if the manufacturer's policy is to bundle the OS with the
>>> hardware.
>>
>> The manufacturer can have any "policy" he wants, that doesn't
>> necessarily make it legal, if that "policy" is in violation of
>> consumer law.
>
> Exactly what consumer law do you mean?
In the UK I would hope that the Sale of Goods Act would protect
consumers from this form of abuse. I have no idea if the US or any other
country has similar laws, but if they don't then they should.
I take it then that you are in favour of HP allowing a third party to
impose additional restrictions to HP's goods, that their customers must
agree to without option, /after/ the sale, or are you just trolling me
for no particular reason.
--
K.
http://slated.org
.----
| By bucking Microsoft for open source, says Gunderloy, "I'm no
| longer contributing to the eventual death of programming."
| ~ http://www.linux.com/feature/142083
`----
Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.23.8-63.fc8
20:18:59 up 226 days, 16:54, 3 users, load average: 1.17, 1.25, 1.27
|
|
