On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:45:53 -0700, Mark Crispin <mrc@panda.com> wrote
in <alpine.OSX.2.00.0906291042020.10452@hsinghsing.pa nda.com>:

>On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Todd Allcock posted:
>> And Apple is fighting to make
>> jailbreaking illegal in the next DMCA
>> <http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2008/responses/apple-inc-31.pdf> That's not
>> sabre-rattling.
>
>That is, however, quite enough reason never to buy an iPhone. Not even
>Microsoft is that evil.

Oh really? From the standard Microsoft License Agreement:

Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation,
you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this
agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical
limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain
ways. For more information, see
www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights. You may not:

* work around any technical limitations in the software;

* reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and
only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite
this limitation;

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Best regards,
John <http:/navasgroup.com>

If the iPhone is really so impressive,
why do fans keep making excuses for it?