>>In the case of VFP, the EULA is available online. I don't know how that would affect things.
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>>>No doubt :)
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>>>But some clauses that might be legal otherwise are not binding - because I can read the EULA only after I had bought the product. All parts of the contract have to be known in the moment a contract is done - EULA is just a waste of bits I simple nod to. :D
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>If I go into a shop and buy VFP box, only stuff outside on the box, the rules of the shop and my rulses count. Is there any law I have to have an internet connection or the shop owner needs one? VFP needs no internet.
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>Ah! There it is.
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>(VFP 9.0 box)
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>Between all the advertisements on the back site there is a small notice (this is under german law a surprising or hidden clause) that reads: "You must accept the enclosed LA ... if you do not accept ... you should return .. for a refund.
>The vendor even put his own label over parts of it to block the barcode with its own ...
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>Any german software vendor will tell you the first place - seal broken - no refund (What's o.k. it's to easy to duplicate)
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>Web based scatter that may changed w/o notice? Only the one valid in the moment you buy, if one led you directly to it. If this is buried like a common MSDN info the judge may giggle.
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>And like others say - M$ does not fix the bugs - do it yourself. This is your right. In doubt ask several times for a fix, via something that goes as a document (fax? registered mail?) and then start to reverse. We all know that M$ can not fix the bug anymore. Knowlegde is gone. Dead as the dodo.
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>But we should stop with this academic question. I will not earn enough money by tring it so I will not do anyway. :)

In my country software is a service, not item. When you buy a software actually you got a service, you cannot return a service. The best part is form me as a developer "There cannot be two years warranty for a service, when you got the service is done..." :)