In message <20011216050624.A13962@glen.takilma.net>, collver@linuxfreemail.com 
writes:
>On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 05:58:11PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
>> >Do you have to register?
>> Why would I have to register?  I'm not using MSN, and I'm not using their
>> software.

>I read that Netpliance's licensing made ISP subscription required.

This isn't a netpliance.  This is an IA-1.  Anyway, it's unclear how you
can enforce any such thing.  What, exactly, is the license to which I have
agreed?  I can't find one.

>http://fastolfe.net/misc/i-opener-faq.html#1.1
>I thought, "The IA-1 sales page is vague, might Compaq have similar intent?"
>Thanks to your answer, now I know that Compaq does not.

Even if they have such *INTENT*, I never agreed to anything.  No court will
(currently) uphold an "agreement" that one party isn't aware of.

-s