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authorP. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-04-17 21:11:56 (EDT)
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+<h2>Legal Validity of Software Contracts</h2>
+<p>
+ This is a presentation that I gave in a law-related course at the New Jersey
+ Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the Spring of 2012.
+</p>
+<p>
+ In the presentation, I define software contracts (a.k.a. "end-user license
+ agreements", "software license agreements", or simply "licenses") and
+ explain the history of software copyright law and contracts. I then examine
+ the disputed legal validity of software contracts in three main areas:
+ assent to terms (including "shrink wrap" and "click wrap" contracts),
+ ownership of copies (the "licensed, not sold" argument), and conscionability
+ and preemption.
+</p>
+<h4>Slides</h4>
+<p>
+ The following are the slides I prepared for the presentation:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="software-contracts.odp">OpenDocument Format</a></li>
+ <li><a href="software-contracts.pdf">Portable Document Format</a></li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+ Included in the OpenDocument version is the script to the presentation
+ (in LibreOffice, look in the "Notes" tab).
+</p>
+<p>
+ Many reader programs render stripes in the slide background of the PDF file.
+ This is due to
+ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233">a bug</a>
+ <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47706">in cairo</a>
+ which has been fixed in a version newer than that which I used.
+</p>
+<h4>Copyright</h4>
+<p>
+ Copyright &copy; 2012 Patrick "P. J." M<span class="super">c</span>Dermott
+ <br>
+ All works related to this workshop, including this document, the flyer, the
+ notes, and the session records may be used under the terms of the
+ <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons
+ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license</a>.
+</p>
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