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It’s unlikely that Apple and the other EULA-providers would bother showing diffs, and they wouldn’t show user comments because of the legal dangers, so this wou

It’s unlikely that Apple and the other EULA-providers would bother showing diffs, and they wouldn’t show user comments because of the legal dangers, so this would have to be a third-party service. It could be a website where you can copy a random portion of the text from an updated EULA and paste it into a text field on the home page, and the site would take you to a page containing the latest version of that EULA, readably formatted. Alongside, it could show diffs and comments. I wonder, is it legal to copy and display the EULAs themselves elsewhere? If not, is it legal to copy just the diffs?

stretchwithme 16y ago
I think you can keep and show a copy of contracts you agree to. If not, that's an awfully one-sided situation.
- bugsy 16y ago
  Many of these contracts contain a clause that the company can change the contract in the future without restriction and without necessarily notifying you of the changes, and you agree in advance to the changes, without knowing what they might be. Apple has a version of this: "Apple reserves the right at any time to modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional terms or conditions on your use of the Service. Such modifications and additional terms and conditions will be effective immediately and incorporated into this Agreement. Your continued use of the Service will be deemed acceptance thereof." Note that no notification is necessary of the changes to obtain your consent. If these sorts of contract clauses are really legally binding there is a very serious problem with the legal system.
  - Retric 16y ago
    A fundamental limitation on contracts is you must gain something for any contract or contract update to be binding. So EULA's are only enforceable if you don't already have the right to use the software / service. In other words, Sony could not prevent people from using other OS's on Plantations that where not updated, but a patch could constitute value that allows them to get a new contract with you. As to a service like Facebook things get a little more tricky (and I don't know how that works out).

stretchwithme 16y ago

I think you can keep and show a copy of contracts you agree to. If not, that's an awfully one-sided situation.

bugsy 16y ago
Many of these contracts contain a clause that the company can change the contract in the future without restriction and without necessarily notifying you of the changes, and you agree in advance to the changes, without knowing what they might be. Apple has a version of this: "Apple reserves the right at any time to modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional terms or conditions on your use of the Service. Such modifications and additional terms and conditions will be effective immediately and incorporated into this Agreement. Your continued use of the Service will be deemed acceptance thereof." Note that no notification is necessary of the changes to obtain your consent. If these sorts of contract clauses are really legally binding there is a very serious problem with the legal system.
- Retric 16y ago
  A fundamental limitation on contracts is you must gain something for any contract or contract update to be binding. So EULA's are only enforceable if you don't already have the right to use the software / service. In other words, Sony could not prevent people from using other OS's on Plantations that where not updated, but a patch could constitute value that allows them to get a new contract with you. As to a service like Facebook things get a little more tricky (and I don't know how that works out).