You should always read license agreements before agreeing to them.
But now there's a way of making that much easier.
EULAlyzer - Making it all easy
EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more.
Discover potentially hidden behavior about the software you're going to install
Pick up on things you missed when reading license agreements
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I have no real need for this tool.
;D ;D ;D Damn, i think i'll start reading those!I have no real need for this tool.
you've obviously forgotten about this:
PC Pitstop offered a financial incentive in its EULA, and it took four months before anyone responded.-mouser (April 04, 2006, 01:28 PM)
;D ;DI have no real need for this tool.
you've obviously forgotten about this:PC Pitstop offered a financial incentive in its EULA, and it took four months before anyone responded.-mouser (April 04, 2006, 01:28 PM)
EULAlyzer works on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista.
only the annual subscription will make sense to me. And twenty dollar PER YEAR sounds very expensiveOnce again, the wording of this type of annual license is a bit unclear - when I read it, it sounded like you get a license to use EULAlyzer Pro (the main advantage of which is the EULA-Watch feature) - and that you also get any upgrades that occur in the one year period.-Curt (January 04, 2009, 02:44 PM)
For the duration of the EULAlyzer Pro license (1 year), you get access to:
1.) All EULAlyzer Pro features, including EULA-Watch.
2.) All updates / upgrades.
We don't charge for major version upgrades - the duration of your license covers any and all updates to EULAlyzer Pro. This is important, and helps to maintain active detection of the latest installers and license agreements, as well as detection of the latest Interesting words/phrases.
After your license expires (1 year later), you can either renew (at your option) or resume use of all of the normal EULAlyzer (free) features.
Best Regards,
-Javacool Software Support
3. Enter into a legal agreement you really don't understand
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EULAlyzer can help you make sense of software licenses and avoid #3.-40hz (January 04, 2009, 02:17 PM)
Edited to add: I'll make a somewhat humiliating confession here to make my point. I was brought up to always read anything legal I signed, and be sure I understood it before pen touched paper. I had already learned to spot a lot of nasty little glitches - and when that sample publishing contract was shown to me, I was lucky it was as an example and not an offer from the publisher who drew it up. I looked it over, failed to find a single thing wrong with it, and if I'd been offered it to sign, I would have, without any hesitation. Then, I learned how it would work if it came into court - and when the problems were pointed out, I could see them. It was quite an education. I've never looked at any legal agreement the same way since. And, just to save my pride, I was younger then.-raybeere (January 09, 2009, 03:11 PM)
Raybeere, would you mind posting the copy of that document online?-Paul Keith (January 10, 2009, 07:13 AM)
I admit I don't often read TOS/EULA for software/websites before clicking "I Agree" but I certainly do read printed documents that are handed to me before I read them. It sure is interesting how often I get funny looks from people when I actually take the time to read legal papers before putting my John Henry on the line.-Deozaan (January 10, 2009, 11:12 PM)