[OT] EULA and legality

[Richmond]

On 09/12/2012 04:45 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:
>
>> That's one question, and it may be interesting to see how it plays out if
>> Apple ever enforces the "Apple branded hardware" clause in their EULA.
>>
>> Why is it assumed that Apple must be the one to go to court to enforce
> it's rule.
>
> If the EULA is so horribly unethical then why isn't there are groundswell
> of anti-EULA sentiment.

Because the vast majority of folk really don't exercise their minds on 
this sort of ethical/legal
question at all; they just install the software, click the "accept" 
button, and get on with whatever
they have to get on with.

>   It certainly worked for the Focebook ToCs that
> caused a public outcry last year, and they were subsequently changed. Apple
> had a similar episode with it's iBooks EULA and it was subsequently changed.
>
> Millions of people, including many all over Europe are more than happy to
> abide by the EULA as it stands now.

No, they are not "happy to abide"; they don't even know that they are 
abiding by anything at all.


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