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Good things EULAs are not enforceable in my country. No one ever reads them.
by maaaats 9y ago
Good things EULAs are not enforceable in my country. No one ever reads them.
- tzs 9y agoWhich country?
- Semaphor 9y agoGermany is an example. Well, not completely. a) EULAs you are only shown on install (for paid software) have absolutely no meaning here. b) Otherwise, they count as T&Cs which are regulated and for example can't have any surprising clauses (which this probably would be)
- maaaats 9y agoNorway. We have strong consumer protection rights that you cannot sign away. Also laws about unreasonable contracts.
- ptaipale 9y agoHowever, strong consumer protection rights generally only protect consumers. Professionals writing commercial software and working for a company are not consumers. (At least this is how it works at the neighbour, Finland, and I think it is the same most everywhere).
- fatso83 9y agoYou are probably on to something. Most Norwegians are so used to being protected as consumers so a lot of the time they are taken by surprise when acting as professionals.
- maaaats 9y agoTrue, always funny when someone skimps on taxes by buying a computer for private use as "a professional", and then gets angry when it wont get fixed for free. But with that said, I think most stuff in an EULA wouldn't be enforceable even in a professional context. And the worst thing to happen when breaking an EULA would probably you lose your right to use the product, not whatever they wrote in the EULA.
- pjmlp 9y agoAt least all European countries, for example. EULAs are only valid if you get to read them before paying for the product, otherwise it would be like getting a contract without having signed it.