Randy Bush said:
of course the rules of 'contract' vary between cultures. and i am not a lawyer. i am told that in the states, one does not need paper, it is an exchange with an understanding. e.g. handshakes can be enforced if shown to be unequivocal.
True. However, at least in England, a contract requires "consideration". That is, each side must be giving something to the other. I have trouble seeing where that is in the case of an IP address allocation. I don't know whether US law recognises the concept or not. In Scotland consideration is not required, so the situation may be different. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 870 051 9937 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 THUS plc | |