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by richard233 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:21:28 PM PDT

Installing a pieced of hardware does not expose you to the EULA. Only installing the drivers potentially do that. In any case, the validity of the EULA is likely to get slapped down eventually much in the way refilling of ink cartridges have been supported. Under the law, and common sense, once you purchase a piece of hardware, you can do what you please with it on your own machine. You may be limited to resale to some extent, but not all that much. They do NOT have any form of contract with you. Now if you modify their software, you may in theory run afoul of the law, and you are most certainly not allowed to sell a modified version of that software.

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