Windows Media Player user license extensions

[Peter Fairbrother]

Owen Lewis wrote:

> I think there is an onus on the licensor to
> state fairly the terms of the licence before a sale is contacted where it is
> practical to do so. It is then unreasonable to cry 'unfair' if the licencee
> does not bother to read what he is given.

Not quite, but under the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 the buyer must
have a reasonable opportunity to examine the goods, in this case the licence
as well as the software itself.

> OTOH for software we supply at second, third or even fourth hand through a
> sales chain, then the licence is embedded, and a hard copy also included in
> the package (which the user will have paid before he can read it). To be
> fair, we operate a 'no questions asked' full refund policy for 30 days from
> date of end user purchase.

So you're ok then, assuming that 30 days is enough, which it should be
unless the buyer has gone on holiday for a month before examining it (I've
done that).

IANAL!

-- Peter Fairbrother