Otacon said:
Christ, that's a can of worms if ever I've seen one.
It's just because it's largely untested doesn't mean it wont hold up. Plus if a EULA related case ever made it into court, there are few companies/institutions that could match the resource of Redmond when it comes to fighting a case.
Regardless, I wont have anyone advocating anything that breaks software licensing, so cut it out.
Yes but you might be condoning an unlawful license agreement, unless its been tested in court, we dont know.. It is after all a document written by somebody at ms, probably in the us, not a piece of uk legislation. Yes we do agree to it when we click 'i agree' but as far as i am aware, that does not mean its enforceable (unless it is of course) and.... when you click 'i agree', that is not to a piece of uk legislation either.
So it could be enforceable and on the face of it is a legal agreement but lawyers get paid a lot of money to argue the meaning of things in court and it really needs a test case.
Just to be clear, i am not condoning anything, just discussing the possible rights and wrongs, unless one wishes to be the test case, one has to abide by the agreement, but just because a company (any company) creates an agreement and you sign it, does not mean it can definitely be enforced.