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Read the Fine Print Before You Hit Submit!
Source: YouTube

We see them all the time when installing software, EULA's. End user license agreements. Typically, standard boiler plate, yada.... yada... Click OK to agree. OK or cancel. We all hit OK, right, because otherwise we can't access the site or software.

Husband, 89, hits, kills wife in grocery parking lot - He was driving up to store on East North Street to pick her up
Source: greenvilleonline.com

Excerpt: An 87-year-old Greenville woman died Saturday after being accidentally struck by her husband in a grocery store parking lot on East North Street, a deputy coroner said.

Hardest-to-understand EULA *ever* when you install WoW on GNU/Linux
Source: Boing Boing

While installing World of Warcraft on my Ubuntu Linux laptop (using the WINE compatibility software), I found myself confronted by this license agreement. Ain't that a pickle? I wonder if I'm bound by the license terms now that I clicked "Agree"?

Faust 2.0
Source: xkcd.com

Mephistopheles encounters the end user license agreement.

AT&T lifts (deleted) page from Google EULA
Source: The Register (UK)

Remember Google Chrome's copyright-snaffling EULA? AT&T appears to be doing the same courtesy of a BellSouth ISP offering. Carl Meredith, a webmaster for a Bellsouth.net-hosted site, pointed out that BellSouth, an AT&T subsidiary, has just changed its Terms of Service (TOS).

Ubuntu-Firefox EULA dustup reignites OSS licensing debate
Source: Ars Technica

Mozilla has received widespread criticism from within the open-source community for bundling a EULA with official binary builds of Firefox 3.

Google Blog: Update to Google Chrome's terms of service
Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

So for Google Chrome, only the first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We're sorry we overlooked this, but we've fixed it now, and you can read the updated Google Chrome terms of service. If you're into the fine print, here's the revised text of Section 11:

Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we'll change it
Source: Ars Technica

Google's new web browser Chrome is fast, shiny, and requires users to sign their very lives over to Google before they can use it.

Google backtracks on Chrome license terms
Source: CNET.com

"Google said on Wednesday that it plans to alter contract terms that gave the search provider broad rights to use anything entered into its new Chrome browser. "In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Servic …

Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create on Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails
Source: Gizmodo

So, are you enjoying the snappy, clean performance of Google Chrome since downloading yesterday? If so, you might want to take a closer peek at the end user license agreement you didn't pay any attention to when downloading and installing it.

Google Chrome - Elite Forces
Source: Elite Forces

Google wants to own everything you do online!

Be sure to read Chrome's fine print
Source: CNET.com

Moments ago, Google went live with its Chrome Web Browser. I immediately clicked download, but not before I saved a copy of its terms of service. I like to know what I am agreeing to. Here's a few things that stood out to me.

Washington State court deals a blow to one-sided EULAs
Source: Ars Technica

Anyone who has even a cursory familiarity with modern technology is undoubtedly familiar with one-sided terms of service agreements.

Apple may not have a case against Psystar
Source: techreport.com

Wired now reports that legal experts are dubious that Apple has the legal ground to pull the Open Computer off the market.

Fake Mac Maker Will Fight Apple, But Might Be Fake Itself
Source: Wired News

Psystar, makers of the OpenMac (now hastily renamed "Open Computer"), plans to fight Apple for the right to preinstall OS X Leopard on its 3rd party hackintosh.

Psystar Begins Selling Mac Clones
Source: extremetech.com

MacWorld reported yesterday on the launch of the Psystar Open Computer, essentially a port of the Apple Macintosh OS X operating system directly to generic PC hardware. The price? $399, which is hundreds of dollars less than any Apple product save the Mac mini, which is $599.

Adobe joins list of companies not reading own EULAs
Source: Ars Technica

Specifically, the Photoshop Express terms that got people's exposure sliders in a twist are on page two of the service's terms disclosure

What Happens if the EULA is 404 d? - AppScout
Source: appscout.com

This is a first for me: what happens if the EULA software license you re forced to accept returns an invalid page?

Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual Machines - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

Mac owners and Linux users hoping to run Windows Vista using virtual machine software had better own the Business or Ultimate editions of the new operating system, according to Microsoft's licensing terms.

ReasonableAgreement.org - the anti-EULA
Source: Boing Boing

READ CAREFULLY.

Microsoft: virtualization not mature enough for home Vista users
Source: Ars Technica

In general, nobody reads end-user license agreements (EULAs). They are long, boring, and full of legalese that few people care to take the time to understand.

EULA La Vista, Baby
Source: Wired News

A cute parody on the draconian Vista EULA by the irrepressible Lore Sjöberg Excerpt:

EULA La Vista, Baby
Source: Wired News

There have been a lot of concerns about the end-user license agreement for Windows Vista.

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