Making Sense of Software EULAs

Brian E. writes "An informal Clearware.org poll indicates that 67% of the 66 respondants never or rarely completely read end-user license agreements (EULAs). Clearware.org aims to make sense of software by proposing guidelines for vendors to characterize end-user license agreements. Defined characteristics include terms and conditions found in existing EULAs that impact control over the user's experience, privacy and system security. The guideline extends on the idea of Creative Commons' commons deed and RDF/XML metadata formats. This simplifies EULA terms in a consumer friendly way similar to care labels on clothing, nutrition facts on food and warnings on hazardous materials."

Comments

Context matters

[Beryllium Sphere(tm)]

If 66 people tell you that you're drunk then hand over your car keys.

Re:Open Letter to Zonk

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

You are so right, I attacked everyone else who responded to that thread!

Gosh it must be hard being as insightful and informative as you are.

Anyway, I've lurked on /. for some time & have noticed your irritating tangentially ontopic comments appearing close to the top of the comments for some time.

As you seem to have no apparant agenda, I presume its because you're unemployed & bored that you post so often to slashdot, including anonymous (with a shallow attempt to cover your writing style) appeals to get yourself employed as an editor (deny it all you like, noone can really confirm or deny an anonymous post)

Lastly, I note the link you provided is currently modded -1 flamebait. I see at least some of the slashdot community agree with me that you're a whiney windows fanboy :-)

(smiley added so you have a chance to grab the joke as it wooshes over your head)

Re:Open Letter to Zonk

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Gee...mabye it is hard to be so insightful and informative...but actually, it's back up to +1 now, pretty much invalidating your argument.

Well, its -1 now, pretty much invalidating your argument.

You know - you'd think someone using the handle "trip master monkey" wouldn't take themselves so seriously :-)

Re:I thought these were unenforceable

[anthony_dipierro]

What does that mean? Mexican birth rates are already declining, and they're currently about equal to US birth rates. If the Earth loses a significant amount of habitable land, this trend will most likely continue.