[OT] EULA and legality

[Peter Haworth]

Yes, I thought of that analogy.  The problem is, as others have said on
this thread, I don't believe Apple's EULA is legal whereas car lease
conditions are.

It's not a case of morality, piracy, honesty or any other human traits that
have been mentioned during this thread.  I simply do not believe their EULA
is legal which puts Apple in the wrong, not me.  Others have a different
opinion and will stick to the EULA.  That's fine, it's just a different
opinion

I have no problem with Apple "behaving like a business", they have a
responsibility to their shreholders to do so, nor would I expect them to
provide any support if I broke their EULA terms, nor do I blame them for
trying to create a closed, sanitized environment for their software to make
support easier.  I like Apple hardware and software, use it as my main
platform for programming and personal use.  I just happen to believe their
EULA is legally unenforceable.


Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Lynn Fredricks <
lfredricks at proactive-intl.com> wrote:

> > It's unclear to me why the fact that I buy a license to use
> > software versus owning the actual software itself has any
> > effect on what I choose to do with it.  Either way, I pay
> > money to Apple to be able to use it.  That's a different
> > issue than what the EULA says regarding not using it on
> > non-Apple hardware of course but interesting nevertheless.
>
> A good "real world" parallel is buying a car vs leasing it. Your lease can
> forbid all sorts of activities, because at the end of the day, you don't
> own
> the car.
>
> You don't buy a license. You pay money to be permitted to use under
> specific
> terms granted. Software is intellectual property.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lynn Fredricks
> President
> Paradigma Software
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com
>
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