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You wrote: < One thing to remember (...) if your company ships software in a
sealed container of some kind (...) with a notice on the container that the
user should read the terms of the software license agreement before opening the
container, you must make that licence agreement easily findable and readable. >
Sorry. I still haven't met a lawyer that believes that such "unacknowledged"
and "unwitnessed" summons constitute an "agreement" between parties. It is
unenforceable and so making it clearly visible may be a moot point.
