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There probably are all sorts of weird “you may not use this computer to commit terrorist acts” agreements you implicitly or explicitly agree on when buying a co
by nwoli 3y ago
There probably are all sorts of weird “you may not use this computer to commit terrorist acts” agreements you implicitly or explicitly agree on when buying a computer
- didntcheck 3y agoYep, iTunes famously may not be used to produce nuclear weapons. Well, the non-clickbait story is that Apple's generic user license has some boilerplate CYA regarding US federal laws. But seeing it written down in your music player is still funny [1] Even more amusing was Douglas Crockford putting a clause in his software license saying it may not be used "for evil". A bit of tongue-in-cheek humor referencing George Bush, but actually ended up causing a bit of a headache for some orgs, and the GNU Project declaring it a non-free license [2] [1] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/std... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#Software_license_for_%22Good,_not_Evil%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#Software_lic...