John Ferrell wrote:

> I wonder if I am breaking any real law if I have my grandchildren in college 
> get my birthday gifts from a software list?

If anything, probably not a law but a contract. And possibly not you, but
your grandchildren.

>> Because a transaction requires mutual agreement. 

Which brought me to an interesting thought. It seems to be the current
practice to put the contract for the licensing of the software in the EULA
-- the "mutual agreement". Which means that if I install a software that
comes without an EULA or with a modified one, I don't really enter into any
contract other than possibly the altered EULA. So what if someone buys a
hacked version of a software, without an EULA? Most users can't be expected
to know everything involved enough to be able to tell the difference. If
found out, they probably could be told to discontinue the use, but they
can't easily be charged with any wrongdoing. Or can they?

Gerhard


PS If you need a few examples worth being taken out of EULAs, here you go:
http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2004/5/13/0529/97735 
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