Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Oct 2009 14:47 UTC
Let's do a little trip down memory lane. We're talking the '80s, early '90s, and we're looking at a company called Borland, which produced several well-known and popular products related to software development. Back in those days, Borland had an end user license agreement. However, contrary to the EULAs we know and despise today, Borland's 'No-Nonsense License Statement' was a whole lot simpler, and in fact, is a perfect example of how software should be treated.
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Member since:2009-08-21
Yeah that's what I'm afraid of too, especially with e-books. Remember the recent Amazon Kindle fiasco where user's already purchased books were deleted from their Kindles (with refund) because the publisher later decided to remove them from print or electronic distribution?
And of course there's no way to mitigate that as you're only allowed to use your book on a Kindle, not allowed to print or backup, etc, AFAIK (but feel free to correct me).
Edited 2009-10-15 21:43 UTC
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2009-04-24
The way the things are going, we might as well see books with EULAs printed on their first pages.
"By reading this book or any portion of it you agree to forfeit your Soul to the Devil International Inc. further referred to as "The Devil" [...]"