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Comment Re:Workaround (Score 1) 509

by patternmatch on Friday May 23, 2008 @04:51PM (#23522432) Attached to: Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, Too

If you install a piece of software, you click through an agreement. You are party to a contract(-ish thing, to get technical).

Here's my question. Most EULAs include a clause to the effect of "by clicking Agree, you agree to the terms of this license". Suppose I choose not to agree with that clause? Suppose I say to myself, "By clicking Agree, I agree to nothing in particular". Can the software's copyright holder do anything, legally, to prevent my use of the software? It seems to me that they cannot, although I am not well-versed in the intricacies of contract law.

Submission + - DS wi-fi homebrew ventures where Nintendo doesn't

Submitted by VonSnouty on Saturday February 17, 2007 @04:44AM

VonSnouty writes: Besides garage-coded Wi-Fi games like Omalone and DS Doom, Pocket Gamer's DS Homebrew Review this month gives a heads-up on WFCStatus, a neat app that enables you to check who's playing what on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Wonder why Nintendo doesn't offer such functionality itself?

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