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Nobody reads EULAs. They are irrelevant in a historical context. They'll clearly be replaced by consumer law at some point. You don't have to sign a 20 page l
by frabcus 12y ago
Nobody reads EULAs. They are irrelevant in a historical context.
They'll clearly be replaced by consumer law at some point.
You don't have to sign a 20 page license to go into a shop and buy a banana, do you? And yet there are all sorts of property and purchasing rights (for buyer and seller) associated with that.
The correct way of talking about this now is to discuss what the consumer law should say which will replace EULAs.
- w0utert 12y agoObviously I understand that nobody reads EULA's, and I completely agree that its crazy they even exist. Judging from the fact that I got downvoted for simply stating the obvious it appears people assume I'm ok with EULA's, but I'm not. That doesn't mean they don't exist though, and even though I don't know the intricacies of their legality, the fact that I'm not aware anyone ever successfully challenged an EULA in court (which would mean they should be history by now), I'm assuming that, sadly, content owners and distributors can strip your rights by presenting you with an EULA that no-one reads.