EULA surprise

[muxec]

Stupidity. You can not use classical laws in digital age for digital products.

BTW, Debian distro downloads have special section "non-US". It contains software that must be downloaded only from non-US servers by non-US users and only from US servers by US users cause USA law is stupid enough to apply export laws on downloads.

My friend who serves in Dimona military facility can not use ZoneAlarm

[Fake Boris]

[JohnT]

You can not use classical laws in digital age for digital products.

Yes you can. Read the EULA - it's full of "classical" law references.

See? It's done all the time!

[Tattila the Hun]

But that's dangerous. What if they get haxored, and computers break and something explodes? Or is spilled, or released into the atmosphere?

[Thue]

That means that lots of governments, and their employees may not use it. For example the USA, which not only develops missiles, but also have nuclear and chemical weapons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

[Whoha]

ok, that link had to clearly have been edited by a mod to cut off the m there. but the software is prohibited for export, they aren't exporting it to the US government.

[Odin]

NOW I've seen everything.

[muxec]

Originally posted by JohnT

You can not use classical laws in digital age for digital products.

Yes you can. Read the EULA - it's full of "classical" law references.

See? It's done all the time!

And almost no one reads EULAs and piracy rate is higher than 50%

[VetLegion]

Thue the way that link is shortened is great

[Thue]

Originally posted by VetLegion


Thue the way that link is shortened is great

Now I sort of wish I had done it intentionally, to be able to claim the credit .

[muxec]

Originally posted by VetLegion


Thue the way that link is shortened is great

This ass must be destroyed!!! Bring your best weapons!

[JohnT]

Originally posted by muxec


And almost no one reads EULAs and piracy rate is higher than 50%

Yes, but you're making the inference that a badly-worded EULA is causing people to steal.

[muxec]

Originally posted by JohnT


Yes, but you're making the inference that a badly-worded EULA is causing people to steal.

No, no, no! I'm talking about bad laws that are used and cited in EULAs.