Re: A virus in the EULA (End User License Agreement) was Re: "Prior Inventions" on employment contract

Now the question is, if you clicked NO on the EULA saying you do nto agree
to their terms (that any damage caused by their software to your computer is
nto their problem) and it gave you a virus :p

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@dekko.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: A virus in the EULA (End User License Agreement) was Re: "Prior
Inventions" on employment contract


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> Modifying the document and see if they read it?
>
> That reminds me.  A techie here reported on a virus that came on some
> software.  And right in the standard license agreement in which we all
> click on "I Agree" was something like 'The software will use your outlook
> client and replicate itself to others machines...'.  So, like can the
> author be sued if they acknowledge that they are putting a virus on your
> system?
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
>
>
>
>
> Dan <dbcemid@yahoo.com>
> Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> 12/10/2002 03:37 PM
> Please respond to midrange-l
>
>         To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
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>         Subject:        Re: "Prior Inventions" on employment contract
>
>
> A big idea?!?!?
>
> My employer sent me the contract as a Word document.  I wonder what
> would happen if I slipped in some words to negate the section I am
> having problems with, and printed that out and signed it and returned
> it.  I wonder if anyone would bother to read the whole thing to see if
> I modified it?
>
> Hmmm.  The Word document is "protected".  I need a password to
> "Unprotect Document".  I'll have to do a google search on that to see
> if someone's got a hack.  (You just know there has to be one.)
>
> - Dan
>
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