Garrett M. Vonk (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gvonkuga) wrote,@ 2003-03-05 08:00:00 |
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Lawsuit challenges software licensing
Lawsuit challenges software licensing
A woman in California is suing Microsoft claiming that the company concocted a scheme to mislead customers by requiring them to consent to software licenses before being able to read them. The End User License Agreement, or EULA, that is present on most software products, dictates what a customer can and cannot do with the product. This agreement is at times located inside a box that, once opens, is not returnable.
The complainant is claiming that the people who do not accept the terms of the agreement cannot return software to the stores. End-user license agreements have become a hot-button issue in the tech industry as more and more companies try to forge increasingly restrictive contracts. Some companies have tried to ban class-action lawsuits, damages or reverse engineering of their products.
Lawsuit challenges software licensing
A woman in California is suing Microsoft claiming that the company concocted a scheme to mislead customers by requiring them to consent to software licenses before being able to read them. The End User License Agreement, or EULA, that is present on most software products, dictates what a customer can and cannot do with the product. This agreement is at times located inside a box that, once opens, is not returnable.
The complainant is claiming that the people who do not accept the terms of the agreement cannot return software to the stores. End-user license agreements have become a hot-button issue in the tech industry as more and more companies try to forge increasingly restrictive contracts. Some companies have tried to ban class-action lawsuits, damages or reverse engineering of their products.
