> What if he says that it was his policy to put an expiration into all his software deliverables? If he says that in his contract, and the expiration process i

> What if he says that it was his policy to put an expiration into all his software deliverables? If he says that in his contract, and the expiration process is written to do something honest like pop up a dialog saying "you need to renew your license" then I can't see there being a problem with that. It sounds like there was malicious intent, however, if the contract didn't specify expiration and the expiration is intentionally designed to look like a fault rather than an expiration. Of course multi-million dollar companies do at times get away with built-in obsolescence... be great if this set a precedent regarding all the smartphones that mysteriously become unusable after 2 years...