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California Court: EULAs are Inapplicable in Some Cases

(outer-limits) writes "In a significant ruling in a California court, a judge has ruled the standard EULA licensing agreement to be invalid. This must be the biggest upset in software licensing ever. No more are we powerless End Users of software, having to agree to every restriction a software company makes (Expect an appeal on this, though)." Note that this is about the resale of bundled software, so it's not like EULAs are dead, but this ruling could have broad effects. Update: 02/12 03:45 GMT by J : Yeah, this is a repeat - sorry.

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  1. fp! fp! fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ph33r my 1337 skillz, bitchez!

    Oh yeah, first post!

    1. Re:fp! fp! fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow, what a moron! You should pull yourself away from your jizz-soaked keyboard, and peel the goatse.cx away from your monitor. Go outside - get a life! Or at least come up with better First Post material.... really.

  2. Re:Hmm.. Broken links in the article? by Indras · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...32795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062 86208998...

    Bleh, I need a life.

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  3. Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you a moron or what?

  4. Read your EULA carefully! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A man chases a woman, catches her, throws her on the floor. He pulls
    down his trousers, lifts her dress and removes her slip. He then starts to
    stab her between her legs with his penis. He stabs her furiously, savagely,
    bestially, viciously and perversely. He continues to stab her, stabs her
    again and again and now and then insulting her with obscene words. He takes
    vicious pleasure in seeing the woman at his mercy and enduring his perverse
    sexual assault.

    Heterosexuals are rapists and potential rapists. Heterosexuals are
    stabbers of women.
    Heterosexuals are really perverted, disgusting and repulsive.
    Heterosexuality is disgusting and repulsive.
    Heterosexuals are the excrement of the earth.
    We always had a profound disgust and repulsion for heterosexuals and
    heterosexuality.

    You are a hetero fornicator, a hetero beast, a hetero rapist, a hetero
    pervert, a hetero filth, a hetero thief, a hetero liar, a hetero bandit and
    a hetero murderer.

    Heterosexuals have always been on the offensive. They have always attacked
    others without good arguments. Their attacks are based on lies, violence,
    vulgarity and injustice. Gays and other groups of people have always been on
    the defensive. This is why heterosexuals have become arrogant and
    tyrannical. Gays and other groups of people should strike back more often.
    They should counter attack They should be more on the offensive also. In
    fact it is heterosexuals who have not respected others. They have oppressed
    others. The others have the right to strike back. Heterosexuals have always
    acted like terrorists. This is Heterosexual Terrorism. They should be
    condemned.

    Three articles are reproduced below to show how heterosexuals are murderous,
    abnormal, perverted, sinful and dirty.

    Heterosexuals are beasts and filthy

    Heterosexuals like to criticise others when they have themselves many more
    faults, defects, vices and perversions.

    Heterosexuals are monsters. In 1999, in a few days heterosexuals committed
    many monstrous crimes. In Egypt a man stabbed the lover of his wife 300
    times and then cut his head. In Israel a man set fire to the house of his
    wife, killing his wife and his children. In atlanta, USA a man killed his
    wife and children and then killed 9 other people.
    Heterosexuals are beasts. Heterosexuality is bestiality.

    Some time ago, in belgium, a pastor and his daughter with whom he had
    an incestuous relationship killed 10 people. 5 were members of their family.
    The two heterosexuals got rid of their victims by dissolving their bodies in
    acid. The heterosexual man was a pastor and a theology teacher.

    In Gloucester, Great Britain, frederick and rosemary West who were
    husband and wife, killed and buried 18 persons. Some were their children.

    In the eighties, a heterosexual man in california raped, tortured and
    killed more than 15 women. the man took sadistic pleasures in seeing the
    women suffered. One of his methods was to cut them with an electric saw. The
    man took pleasure in seeing the women shouting in terrible pain.

    Several years ago in South America (Colombia) a heterosexual man raped
    and killed more than 100 girls.

    In France the parents of a 5 year old boy martyrized the little boy
    for years. They beated him and imprisoned him in a little cage. They took
    pleasure in seeing the little boy suffered.

    A few years ago in France a Head of school killed the prostitute he was
    frequenting because the prostitute no longer wanted him.

    There are many other cases of heterosexual atrocities.

    Every week (sometimes every day) in the media of the world you can read and
    hear about heinous crimes committed by heterosexuals.

    Heterosexuals like to brag and threaten people about many things. Then for
    offences and crimes they must be punished more severely because they have no
    extenuating circumstances.

    There are only three possibilities for them. Either they are shut in
    psychiatric hospitals or they are shut in prisons or they are executed.

    It is not because many parents are heterosexual that they are perfect. Many
    parents and heterosexuals want only to satisfy their vicious desires.
    Children are just the result of their vices. It is not that because
    something is necessary that it is perfect. Excrement is necessary and it is
    not perfect. Heterosexuals are like excrement. They are not perfect, they
    are disgusting and wicked.

    Heterosexuality is no longer necessary to have children. Artificial
    Insemination is replacing it.

    Some heterosexuals say that they have to fornicate to ensure the survival
    of humankind. Their argument does not convince at all. First we do not need
    so many children on this earth. On the contrary it will be better if they
    stop copulating and fornicating. There will be less vices and less problems
    caused by heterosexuals and overpopulation. If those heterosexuals stop
    copulating and do not have children we will not regret at all. We will
    rejoice because there will be less problems and more resources available for
    people existing on earth. It is better to have quality than quantity.
    Secondly to have children, heterosexuals do not need to have so many
    copulations. They have thousands times more copulations than necessary. It
    is as if an employee is asking thousands times more money for the real value
    of a job or a seller is making people pay thousands times more than the real
    value of an article.

    If those heterosexuals stop copulating the world will be a better place. The
    world do not need those type of people. There are people more than necessary
    on this earth. There are also enough smart people on this earth. Many
    problems (crimes, vices, theft, exploitation, etc) caused by heterosexuals
    will disappear. So we say, let them stop copulating and having children.

    Heterosexuals are the greatest killers and the greatest perverts

    Heterosexuals are the greatest killers. Since the beginning of the world
    heterosexuals have killed as many as the increase in population at a
    particular period and sometimes much more. For example in 1970 there were 4
    billions people. Now there are 6 billions people. In 30 years the population
    has increased by 2 billions. In the same period heterosexuals have killed
    approximately the same number of people.

    From 1970 to 1999 an average of 50 millions abortions were perpetrated each
    year by heterosexuals (Data from United Nations and World Health
    Organization). This means that in 30 yrs, 50x30=1500 millions abortions have
    been committed. Heterosexuals are guilty of 1.5 billions abortions in that
    period of time. Heterosexuals are guilty of this holocaust and genocide of
    children. Heterosexuals are worst than the Nazis.

    Heterosexuals committed about 150 crimes per year per million people. From
    1970 to 1999 the average world population was 5 billions, that is 5000
    millions people. Therefore each year heterosexuals committed 5000x150=750000
    crimes. For 30 years they committed 30x750000=22,500,000 crimes.

    During that period heterosexuals killed also about 100 millions people in
    wars (soldiers and civil population).

    During that period heterosexuals also killed about 100 millions people by
    various diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, AIDS, tuberculosis,
    leprosy, etc. In the world 85% of AIDS are caused and transmitted by
    heterosexuals. AIDS is a heterosexual disease. AIDS means heterosexuality.

  5. Bill? by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is that you?

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  6. Re:Softman v. Abode, done TWICE before on Slashdot by I_redwolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just read, your "What Happened To The Censorware Project". I wouldn't want to see this on the front page. My reasons are simple enough, if you had a webmaster that removed all materials without your consent (or anyone elses) at that point if possible a full mirror of the site should of been made REGARDLESS of what went on or who says what. There is no one else to blame but yourself. Not only that but this is an essay more about people's behavior; I don't necessarily cares what goes on behind the scenes. I don't necessarily think whining is going to change much of anything either. Do your best to get what material you have left and maybe see if google has cache, try to get all relevant information and move on. The explanation isn't without need however, but I don't think this is news for nerds, stuff that matters if you don't make a significant effort to recoupe whatever was lost, then; and only then.. does anyone care. If you don't care enough to get something back up why should I care enough to read about it? Granted slashdot does post absolute nonsense, at least I think they do sometimes. That's a diff issue..

  7. Re:Softman v. Abode, done TWICE before on Slashdot by Seth+Finkelstein · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Pardon me. I see what I wrote is subject to misinterpretation. I WAS NOT suggesting that What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org) should be a front-page Slashdot story (in my dreams, maybe, but that was not my suggestion here ...)

    The censorware.org material has long been retrieved, and is mostly back up now at http://censorware.net. As to not having a separate backup, we mistakenly trusted Michael Sims as webmaster.

    As you see, the destruction was done by Michael Sims, now a Slashdot editor. There is also a great deal of other politics not mentioned my essay. This had, and has, a significant impact on publicizing recent and future anti-censorware work.

    In a moment of frustration over all the grudge-holding politics, compared to front-page slots being wasted on months-old triplicates (not duplicates, triplicates), I vented some of my feelings about Slashdot's editorial lackings in my posting. I shouldn't have done it.

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  9. 201 a space oddessy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    201st comment. Yay kubrick.

  10. Re:I see the problem here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We all know that Bill Gate's is the Anti-Christ. That means that he is so evil, that contact with his flesh burn mortaly those who touch him, and that would make very sick porn. You are a pervert.

    Go back to sunday school class.