Poll: The EULA

[Canadamus Prime]

Are you kidding? Hell no. However I think I've got a pretty good idea of the general gist of what they say though. The company can screw you as much as it wants, but what-ever-God-you-believe-in help you if you dare cross the company about sums it up.

 

[Sethzard]

Thanks to AVP, I'm now terrified of the things.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

One time, when I was bored. Sometimes they through subtle jokes into them, like certain products being banned from release in "Elbonia".

Mostly I just zip through unless it's an MMO, in which case I skim a little slower to see if they plan on trying to screw me at some point. Of course that's not really possible since I don't play MMOs that require me to provide them with my credit card #, but I just like being sure anyways.

 

[Ickorus]

I've read enough of the Facebook EULA to warrant me not using it.

 

[Veylon]

I don't usually. About all they say is "If it breaks, don't blame us. Don't spread it around the internet, and you're responsible for how you use it."

The million dollar question is: how legally binding are these things? No one at the company knows whether you agreed and can only guess where their software's ended up. They have no proof, no record, no signature, so the legal status of these things is pretty shaky.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

yeah I read them(half heartedly though but I still read them). mostly though I don't care and I just hit accept

 

[Spaghetti]

I remember something about not producing a Weapons Grade version of it...or was that just the iTunes agreement? I don't remember.

Either way, I have never actually read any T&C's from start to finish, let alone the EULA. The two hours reading it takes away two hours that could be spent using the software for what I bloody bought it for!

 

[Zer_]

Never-- not once. It's a legal formality, I guess, designed to ensure that all users are presented with the information so they can not deny that they were given "the rules" at a later time.

I can't think of any way for companies to motivate people to read EULAs, unless maybe you somehow give them an achievement for doing so.

They should narrate the EULA in a Billy Mays type voice.

 

[Nomad]

Whenever there is any form of cost involved, I read it. When there isn't, I don't.

The ones where you have to give them some sort of payment are important to read, or you might discover they want a hell of a lot more than you thought they would...