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iTunes Prohibits Terrorism
Afforess writes "A recent closer look at the oft-skimmed EULA agreement for iTunes has an interesting paragraph in it, Gizmodo reports. 'You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.' Although humorous, some readers suggested that this may be a defense measure to previously discussed price changes in the iTunes music store."
I hope Apple doesn't enforce this provision too strongly.
Violating dozens of federal and local laws was one thing, but I for one do not want to run afoul of Apple's EULA!
Does that mean playing Amy Winehouse at a party is off limits?
Spoken like somebody who doesn't have access to the OSXapocalypse86 project's private tracker...
Just don't interfere with the Microsoft patent on defenestratable ballistic seating.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Fact is they talk about using XGrid.
They're still running their non-standard FORTRAN with dependencies on compiled binaries from companies that went under for architectures that don't exist anymore except under emulation.
All those Mac users are running Terminal.
"There is nothing nice about Steve Jobs and nothing evil about Bill Gates." - Chuck Peddle
Terrorist #1: Hey, did you read the EULA for this thing?
Terrorist #2: No. Why?
Terrorist #1: All the more reason to bomb them into the Stone Age. Here we are, building a nuclear weapon, and those crazy Americans are sweating the LEGAL ramifications.
Terrorists around the world were heard saying: "Curses, foiled again..."
Best "String" Ever!
What I don't understand is this:
'You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.'
Does that mean than all deveopment, design, manufacture and production of missiles, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are prohibited by United States law? One certainly would think otherwise seing the seer number of missiles, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons that USA does indeed develop, design, manufacture and produce.
Anyway, fortunately the EULA does not explicitly forbid its use for the development, design, manufacture or production of conventional weapons, air bombs, mines, grenade-launchers, mortars and/or laser beams, plasma rays, antimatter doom day devices, et al.
Well, there goes another good idea. No sense in downloading protest songs on my iPod to incite the masses! :)
It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.