COPYCENSE

"The old licensing argument is that you ‘signed’ a shrink-wrap agreement when you opened the package. This in itself is stupid. What if I can’t read? What if I’m 12? If I want to protest the signing of a software licensing agreement because the terms are onerous, I am told that I simply cannot purchase, er, I mean license, the product. But since Microsoft is a monopoly, what choice do I have? How am I not trapped in a form of indentured servitude? Does anyone find this as annoying as I do? I’m having weird dreams about it."

John Dvorak. License Dirt, While You’re At It. PC Magazine. June 14, 2004.