RE: DirectX 9 SDK, Microsoft have got balls....

From: Sil***, Stephen (stephen_sil***@cleanaway.com.au)
Date: 05/29/02 

From: "Sil***, Stephen" <stephen_sil***@cleanaway.com.au>
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:18:54 +1000

>What I *do* find intersting is that MS is placing code on your
>computer that could cause it to NOT FUNCTION and thus cause
>financial loss, damages to your own intellectual property and
>other bad things.

Basically every piece of software (commercial and non-commercial) does this;
that EULA everyone agrees to without reading it when installing software
completely absolves the company of any liability if it does. This is not
allowed in any other sector; the software industry gets away with it though,
and this will be hard to change given the amount of money they're willing
(and able) to give to politicians nowadays.

Under a free GPL or BSD license I have no problem with it - when I'm paying
money for a product though I want it to work and if it doesn't I would
expect the vendor to compensate me. It won't happen though... imagine being
able to sue Microsoft if your computer crashed. The legal system would self
destruct.

S. :)

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