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Original Post: there be lawyers, beware
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Ed Foster is still on the case, looking for bad EULAs. With the help of his readers, he found some beauties, like this one:
After all, Microsoft and EULAs have always gone hand-in-hand. Developers in the Visual FoxPro community have been puzzling over some changes Microsoft made in the EULA for the new 9.0 release. In particular, they've been scratching their heads over this decidedly cryptic passage:
"The software is engineered to allow you to use it in certain ways. You must comply with these technical limitations. For more information about them, see the software documentation. You may not ... work around technical limitations in the software..."
I'm guessing that this doesn't leave the choice of what you can and can't work around to the end developer. Ed's guess is that this a vague attempt to prevent end use on Linux via emulation, but heck - with that wording, it could mean anything.
Sometimes, I really love this industry that I work in. Nothing beats this Hilton license for use of their hotel broadband though:
"You agree that HHC shall own all Information. By using the Service, you voluntarily, expressly and knowingly acknowledge and agree with all of the foregoing and further agree to each and all of the following: (I) such Information belongs to HHC and is not personal or private proprietary information; (ii) such Information, wherever collected, may be processed, used, reproduced, modified, adapted, translated, used to create derivative works, shared, published and distributed by HHC in its sole and absolute discretion in any media and manner irrevocably in perpetuity in any location throughout the universe..."
It's nice to see that they've anticipated Faster than Light travel already - what do they know that I don't? I've got a suggestion for them though - they can shorten that agreement down to one line: All your base belong to us
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