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  1. Re:OSx86 Project Should be safe by kelnos · · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X on x86 Videos Get Apple's Attention
    3. There is a whole wealth of information of what consititutes a valid contract, and a EULA is not one. If you press a "button" on your screen that says "I Agree," that does not mean you have agreed to anything in a legal sense.
    Except that there's a good amount of existing case law setting a precedent that EULAs are indeed valid, enforceable contracts. I suggest you google for things like "eula case law". You might find something like this. However, in some jurisdictions, some EULAs have been found to be unenforceable. I think the jury's still out on this one, but, for the time being, it's very very dangerous to assume that you can ignore EULAs at will.
    4. Apple, Microsoft, Linus own the *copyright* on their respective works. It means they get to dictate the terms of *distribution* and nothing else. Otherwise, you can use the software any way you want.
    Even assuming for a moment that your point in #3 was correct, this is an incredible oversimplification. Sure, they have control over distribution, due to their copyright interest. But they can simply refuse to distribute, unless the recipient agrees to certain terms. In essence, a contract. If you want to get all formal and pedantic about it, they could have a legal document that you have to sign before purchasing the software. If you refuse to sign the contract, they refuse to sell you the software. Does anyone actually do that? No - not for mass produced consumer-grade software, anyway. But sure, their copyright interest can - if they so desire - give them much more control than just "distribution rights".
  2. Yep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 2 Million Azeroth Citizens

    Going offline any day now.

  3. Re:Ummm. Sounds cool.... by ameoba · · Score: 1 · on A MMOG That Could Have Been

    Ask and you shall recieve.

  4. Actual story link. by Cave+Dweller · · Score: 1 · on A MMOG That Could Have Been

    Click ME!

  5. Linky by CableModemSniper · · Score: 3, Funny · on A MMOG That Could Have Been

    http://www.grimwell.com/index.php?action=fullnews& id=287
    perhaps this is a anti-/.ing measure?

  6. Here's the article by TelJanin · · Score: 1 · on A MMOG That Could Have Been

    Since Zonk didn't bother to link it

  7. Linkage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on A MMOG That Could Have Been

    The Article

  8. Out on a Limb by Zonk · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Tabula Rasa Undergoes Massive Overhaul

    Commentary on this up at Grimwell.

    I personally think is is likely to end up with the product better than it might have already been. While you might say "WoW scared them into second guessing themselves", more development time seems almost universally to lead to a better product.

    All that said, I liked the sound of the original Tabular Rasa design. I especially liked the idea of skill/attribute mods being plug-ins, with the avatar's appearance being entirely at the user's whim.

    I swear, some of the color combinations I've worn in WoW has made me neauseous.

  9. Feh, been done earlier this month... by CmdrSlack555 · · Score: 1 · on The Basics of EULAs

    Granted, I wrote the articles, but discussion of EULAs and games was done just a week or so ago at Grimwell dot com.

    For instance, my article here about EULA validity, posted 8 days before this "new" article, and another on online sales that went up over the weekend.

    Wow, color me unimpressed that this was up on someone else's site and then self-submitted to /.

    I mean seriously. I don't self-submit my stuff. Less self-whoring please.

  10. Feh, been done earlier this month... by CmdrSlack555 · · Score: 1 · on The Basics of EULAs

    Granted, I wrote the articles, but discussion of EULAs and games was done just a week or so ago at Grimwell dot com.

    For instance, my article here about EULA validity, posted 8 days before this "new" article, and another on online sales that went up over the weekend.

    Wow, color me unimpressed that this was up on someone else's site and then self-submitted to /.

    I mean seriously. I don't self-submit my stuff. Less self-whoring please.

  11. Re:eq2 by Darniaq · · Score: 1 · on World of Warcraft Launches
    As a die-hard MMORPGer, I swallowed the $14.95/mo fee as I have for countless games of questionable worth :)

    However, I also had very low hopes for the game based on what I saw at the two last E3s. I'm a convert, to both WoW and EQ2. The games are very similar. I can play only one, because I have time for only one, at best. But I tried to do a side-by-side comparison of them both.

    If anyone's interested, head on over to here.