checks

[Bob Stratton <strat@intercon.com>]

> Date: Mon, 3 May 93 08:44:37 -0700 
> From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu> 
> Choices: PGP vs. RSA Data Security 
> 
> >re paying a reasonable license fee, I wonder if RSA would cash my 
> >check for (say) $10 if I wrote on the check that it was for a license 
> >for whatever they might claim on PGP.  
> 
> RSA might try to cash such a check, but if their bank is smart they won'
> t accept it.  A check is not negotiable if it contains a 
> condition.  

Much as I respect you Eric, I direct your attention to the myriad of "checks" 
being sent out by AT&T and MCI, to name a few offenders. These bear the 
legend: "endorsement of this check constitutes your acceptance of <foo> as 
your long distance carrier."

Weasels.

--Strat