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diff --git a/talks/software-contracts/index.mdwn b/talks/software-contracts/index.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7727014 --- /dev/null +++ b/talks/software-contracts/index.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<!--#set var="title" value="Legal Validity of Software Contracts" --> +<!--#include virtual="/includes/header.html" --> + +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. + +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. + +The presentation refers to statutory and case law in the United States, but the +concepts should apply to almost any jurisdiction. + +Slides +====== + +The following are the slides I prepared for the presentation: + + * [OpenDocument Format](software-contracts.odp) + * [Portable Document Format](software-contracts.pdf) + +Included in the OpenDocument version is the script to the presentation (in +LibreOffice, look in the "Notes" tab). + +Many reader programs render stripes in the slide background of the PDF file. +This is due to [a bug][bug-lp] [in cairo][bug-fdo] which has been fixed in a +version newer than that which I used. + +[bug-lp]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233 +[bug-fdo]: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47706 + +Copyright +========= + +Copyright © 2012 Patrick "P. J." M<span class="super">c</span>Dermott + +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 +[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license][cc-by-sa-3.0]. + +[cc-by-sa-3.0]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ + +<!--#include virtual="/includes/footer.html" --> |