May 2000
Click on the Dotted Line
Here's a little secret: Although you may think you own the software that you have paid good money for, you don't.
By Herb Brody
Under the provisions of those fine-print contracts that you probably toss in the trash or banish from your screen with a heedless click on an innocuous looking "Agree" button, your tender of cash for Doom or Microsoft Word gets you only a license-under terms dictated by the software's maker.
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