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diff --git a/talks/software-contracts/index.html b/talks/software-contracts/index.html deleted file mode 100755 index 158810f..0000000 --- a/talks/software-contracts/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -<!--#set var="title" value="Legal Validity of Software Contracts" --> -<!--#include virtual="../../includes/header.html" --> -<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> -<p> - The presentation refers to statutory and case law in the United States, but - the concepts should apply to almost any jurisdiction. -</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 © 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> -<!--#include virtual="../../includes/footer.html" --> |