[Fwd: [DISCUSS] Fwd: [IP] -- more on -- Dell's Software License Policy]

[Hechler Family]

OK - Slam me and get it over with but I believe this deserves general 
posting

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Subject: 	[DISCUSS] Fwd: [IP] -- more on -- Dell's Software License Policy
Date: 	Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:06:59 -0500
From: 	Scott Granneman <scott@granneman.com>
Reply-To: 	discuss@sluug.org
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Wow. I'm sure we'd all answer these questions truthfully.

Scott

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Subject: [IP] -- more on -- Dell's Software License Policy
Date: Friday 29 August 2003 6:17 am
From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
To: ip@v2.listbox.com

>Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:40:12 -0400

From: Marc Aniballi <marcaniballi@hotmail.com>

>Subject: RE: [IP] Dell's Software License Policy
>X-Originating-IP: [80.15.67.103]
>To: dave@farber.net
>
>
>I just ordered a PC from Dell France for a friend and was shocked to
>find the following information required by the purchasing engine. The
>blatant naïveté of the questions gives one pause ­ Does anyone really
>expect an honest answer from a terrorist or terrorist
>supplier/middleman?! Will the US government really try to hold Dell
>liable for the part their computers might play in terrorism?!! If that
>is the case, I guess we will be seeing similar queries from Motorola,
>Northern Telecom, Cisco, etc!
>
>
>
>I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
>
>
>
>(Translation of pertinent section from Dell France's site)
>
>
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>Dell is an American company and subject to American Export Law. Please
>answer the following questions to help us comply with American Export
>Regulations:
>
>
>
>1.       Who will be the primary user of the products purchased with
>this order?
>Name
>Address
>City
>Postal Code
>Country
>
>
>
>2.       To which use will these products be put?
>Personal
>Business
>Government (Civil)
>Government (Military)
>
>
>
>3.       Do you plan to export these products?
>Yes/No
>If Yes, to which country?
>
>
>
>4.       Will these products be used for projects to create weapons of
>mass destruction? That is to say: Nuclear Applications, Missile
>Technologies, Chemical or Biological weapons?
>Yes/No
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>Marc Aniballi

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