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more on Microsoft responds re Windows XP update vs. spyware
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 05:42:14 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com> Date: June 7, 2006 3:22:50 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft responds re Windows XP update vs. spywareDoes anybody have information on the legal relationship between disabling software after its licensing and laws regarding licensing? I remember that a proposed change to licensing laws in the 1990s, called UCITA and then UCC 2B (http://www.badsoftware.com/ uccindex.htm) would have made this sort of thing commonplace. But UCC 2B was largely defeated! So is there a legal basis for disabling software?
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