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Re:Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored... by voxic11 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:47PM (#29324526)
US contract law jurisprudence doesn't really seem to support you here.

> The mental assent of the parties is not requisite for the formation of a contract. If the words or other acts of one of the parties have but one reasonable meaning, his undisclosed intention is immaterial except when an unreasonable meaning which he attaches to his manifestations is known to the other party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_v._Zehmer

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Re:Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored... by phkahler on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @12:31PM (#29332580)
Well (IANAL) but if you want to get into contract law, my understanding is that a contract requires acknowledgement from both parties. It's not really fair to say "the functioning of the software is acknowledgement" when the company granting that permission has no record of it. Ask a CEO on the stand if his company has any binding agreements with the judge.
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Re:Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:26AM (#29341587)
That looks very different:

>Zehmer wrote on the back of the restaurant's receipt stating, "We hereby agree to sell to W. O. Lucy the Ferguson Farm complete for $50,000.00, title satisfactory to buyer". The note was signed by Zehmer and his wife.

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