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If it's a license, isn't that like rent? (none / 0) (#1)
by Reziac on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 08:41:35 AM PDT

If I make a monthly payment for something that I've "licensed" from a company, isn't that very much akin to paying rent for use of something that belongs to the company?

It occurs to me that changes of policy should be required to have the same lead-time as changes of rental policy (including rent increases). So:

In most states, the landlord/owner is required to give the tenant/user the same notice period as the agreement period. So if my rental agreement is month to month, the landlord must give me 30 days notice of any changes of price or policy.

Seems to me that software and business agreements need to be taken under the same policy, since they are equally subject to the "gotcha by the balls, what ya gonna do about it on short notice?" problem.

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(PS. I hate the new layout, almost didn't find the "submit a comment" link, it's so tiny in Mozilla.)
~REZ~



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