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colechristensen
5y ago
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Legislation equating these walled gardens as a new kind of monopoly. Legislation making “terms and conditions” less like laws, and less enforceable.
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onethought
5y ago
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But wouldn’t that bring down most software companies... terms and conditions have some pretty important legitimate uses...
colechristensen
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5y ago
No, software isn’t special, you should be able to buy it just like you buy other things.
onethought
5y ago
What other things? Do you mean not using copyright as the underlying control mechanism?
how do you recoup your investment then when making software? wont everyone just pirate/duplicate it?
dvdkon
5y ago
"Terms and conditions" often contain more than just restrictions on copying, they can have everything from arbitration clauses, through anti-interoperability clauses, to obligations that go directly against local laws.
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