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Originally Posted by jhempel24
I don't agree with the position of breaking the agreement is very wrong here, you are trying to equate breaking DRM to promising your mom you'll take her out to dinner on her birthday, and not showing up....two different things. ...
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This is a position that I find difficult to grasp. Others have argued that they believe they have not actually agreed to anything - that the links to licences or terms of service are essentially meaningless and unenforceable and so are not really agreements. I can grasp that argument, I find it ingenuous perhaps, but I can understand it (and if I were sued for violating some obscure clause there is a good chance I would use it myself).
However, to say that my word is only my word when I say it is, leads to some uncomfortable contradictions. If I were to say "I solemnly promise that promises to you are ones that I will keep", does this statement mean anything? I can understand that, if it were a choice between keeping an appointment with your mom OR accepting DRM then priorities will come in to it. But this is not such a situation.