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March 26th, 2008

Apple’s EULA nonsense

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 1:06 pm

Categories: Apple

Tags: EULA, Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

[UPDATED 03/27/08:  Apple has quietly updated the EULA.

Granted, not many people read EULAs, but at the end of the day is there any point since most are just gibberish.  Take a look at this weird clause (via The Register) in Apple’s EULA for Safari 3.1 for Windows:

Apple’s EULA nonsense

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.

Sure thing Steve.  I can’t agree to those terms. 

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RE: Apple's EULA nonsense
What if I work on my MAC and the labels won't sick back on? Or can I take a printer label and print the word 'Apple' on it and then have a computer that's "'Apple' labeled"? Hmmm... Vague wording can work both ways...... (Read the rest)
Posted by: button56@... Posted on: 07/19/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
So apparently bmgoodman   | 03/26/08
Clearly an Insidious Plan to Force Non-Apple Hardware Out racingmustang   | 03/26/08
Indeed Eapache   | 03/26/08
-????, -Profit!!! Marcos El Malo   | 03/26/08
No need Mectron   | 03/26/08
RE: Apple's EULA nonsense H.rald   | 03/26/08
RE: Apple's EULA nonsense none none   | 03/26/08
I'm more than happy to comply with Apple's EULA NonZealot   | 03/26/08
What an idiot! labarker   | 03/28/08
Is that all you have to say... b8375629@...   | 03/28/08
Ha! I see nothing of concern! Chippolus   | 03/31/08
A question about what Apple labeled means.. Letophoro   | 03/27/08
LOL - that's funny. ... socialism=nowhere   | 03/28/08
EULA's need reform and users bill of rights. LittleGuy   | 03/27/08
This is one more reason I'm glad tracy anne   | 03/28/08
Apple's EULA idiocy djchandler   | 03/28/08
I don't see anything wrong with this portion of the EULA AtlantaTerry   | 03/28/08
Apple EULA shepherdm@...   | 03/30/08
So why is Apple pushing Safari out to Itunes/Windows users? John L. Ries   | 03/31/08
RE: Apple's EULA nonsense standeman3   | 07/17/08
RE: Apple's EULA nonsense button56@...   | 07/19/08

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  • First Rule of Installing Safari on Windows - Do Not Install Safari ...
    Haha! Doing something cross platform is hard. So when Apple said they were going to be bringing Safari to Windows I think people were curious as to how it would turn out. By most accounts, 3.1 is pretty sweet even though there were some ...

    Trackback by Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer — March 26, 2008 @ 9:59 pm

  • Apple Was Just Testing You All : Lawyers Follow
    Oh, this is hilarious. All the brouhaha about Apple being aggressive / sneaky … trying to install the Safari browser via Apple Update:. Well, now we know thanks to The Register that it was just a test. They wanted to see if you abide by ...

    Trackback by Zoli's Blog — March 27, 2008 @ 2:12 am

  • One Day In An EULA Department
    ...must have a lot of fun (see Adrian Kingsley-Hughes or Techdirt) Originally posted on: geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/200...

    Trackback by Anonymous — March 31, 2008 @ 3:17 am

  • One Day In An EULA Department
    Originally posted on: geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/200...

    Trackback by Anonymous — April 4, 2008 @ 3:19 am

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