>>>>Is that your professional opinion as a lawyer and with your deep knowledge of the product and how it was created?
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>>>Why do you ask me this question, Al? What is your goal?
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>>You're making statements about Chen's product as if you are a legal expert, and that you have deep knowledge of his product. Neither of those are in evidence at this time. Would you care to elaborate?
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>No.
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>The law is clear and, more importantly,
you agreed to Microsoft's terms when you clicked "I Accept." If you don't want to honor Microsoft, or the law, you should at least honor yourself and your own word.
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>To do otherwise is to go back on your personal contract between you and Microsoft, and to violate terms you agreed to voluntarily.
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>To quote Picard,
"You've made your choices, sir! You're a traitor! Now, if the bitter taste of that is unpalatable I am truly sorry." It applies to all people who voluntarily agree to license terms they actually disagree with, and then do not honor them because they disagree with them. It's dishonorable at best, and has a far more reaching scope most likely.
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>We should honor the things we agree to. Even those we were in error entering into.
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>>>>>Then it makes it
potentially legal for him to do and use, along with
potentially other Chinese.
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>>>>>It is illegal for people in the U.S. to download and use, and probably also illegal for most other countries with commerce treaties with the U.S., including European countries.
To be clear, I don't own or use Chen's product. If by "you" you mean me, specifically, rather than the generic "you", you're mistaken.
You claim "the law is clear".
Exactly how does that apply to Chen's product?
Regards. Al
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