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A Model End Vendor License Agreement

Posted by timothy on from the by-receipt-of-this-fax-you-acknowledge-and-agree dept.

Teese writes "Low End Mac is presenting this article as a humor piece, but its vision of an End Vendor License Agreement seems to be pretty well thought out, and one that I wouldn't mind seeing in the real world."

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  1. Re:EVLA and EULA by s20451 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Remember the Borland EULA? It was about a paragraph long and basically said that you had to use the software "like a book", i.e., you couldn't use it in two places at the same time. That was one of the most friendly corporate EULAs I've ever seen.

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  2. Re:Text mirror by gfody · · Score: 5, Interesting

    11. If I uninstall a piece of software, the uninstall program must NOT require the original install disk.
    12. When installing your software you MUST NOT put shortcuts for AOL, Real Player, or Gator on my task tray, quick launch toolbar, start menu, desktop or startup folder.

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