>>>>>You don't get to make up your own rules according to who you think is deserving; see points 1, 2, 3, 4
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>>>>In the EU, It hardly has any meaning beyond the copyright. If I had to read and understand al the EULA's of products I have purchased I'd better started a lawyer career.
>>>>In reality almost no-one does. VFP has been discontinued and therefore I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with someone else fixing problems in their core product.
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>>>>It reminds be of the Pentium bug in FPW2.6 that was fixed by a 3rd party and the year 2000 rollover enhancement. I have no problem with it and I did not see any legal action from MS at the time.
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>>>>There are not many examples where violating the EULA (beyond copying and distribution) let to legal actions altogether.
>>>>This whole discussion has a high level of "Holier than thou"
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>>>>Walter,
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>>>It has nothing to do with holier than thou. Your (and Thierry's) replies are simply justifications for dismissing/ignoring the EULA, they don't change the facts of the EULA. You both are simply saying that you're prepared to take the chances of ignoring the EULA - which is fine and, quite frankly, I don't care. I am just pointing out that the EULA is what the EULA is; a legally binding agreement, either in the whole or in part, in some jurisdictions. That you say you don't think anyone will enforce it and hence "safe" to ignore/bypass/break/whatever is another matter entirely and for each person/company to decide on as they see fit.
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>>The term shrink-wrap license refers colloquially to any software license agreement which is enclosed within a software package and is inaccessible to the customer until after purchase. Typically, the license agreement is printed on paper included inside the boxed software. It may also be presented to the user on-screen during installation, in which case the license is sometimes referred to as a click-wrap license. The inability of the customer to review the license agreement before purchasing the software has caused such licenses to run afoul of legal challenges in some cases.
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>Microsoft explicitly allows you to return the software to the vendor for a refund if you do not agree to the terms of the license.

That has not always been the case. I had to deal with a case where I could not about 20 years ago.