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.
Faust 2.0Source: xkcd.com
Mephistopheles encounters the end user license agreement.
AT&T lifts (deleted) page from Google EULASource: 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).
Google Blog: Update to Google Chrome's terms of serviceSource: 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 backtracks on Chrome license termsSource: 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 …
Be sure to read Chrome's fine printSource: 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.
Psystar Begins Selling Mac ClonesSource: 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.
EULA La Vista, BabySource: Wired News
A cute parody on the draconian Vista EULA by the irrepressible Lore Sjöberg
Excerpt:
EULA La Vista, BabySource: Wired News
There have been a lot of concerns about the end-user license agreement for Windows Vista.