The Worlds Hardest to Understand EULA

[Drew Wilson]

Screen grab (http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/3179331509/)

This person decided to play WoW under the Linux WINE program and the EULA apparently looked like this.

Via BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/08/hardesttounderstand.html)

[mountain_rage]

Screen grab (http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/3179331509/)

This person decided to play WoW under the Linux WINE program and the EULA apparently looked like this.

Via BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/08/hardesttounderstand.html)

Now the question would be, if you can't read the EULA, or under your system the contract represents what it shown. By accepting it are you still liable? If you ask me the answer would be no, which could be a interesting case if someone was ever tried under the EULA contract. Wonder if thats why Microsoft started printing them on the outside of their packages.

[drtoker]

Now the question would be, if you can't read the EULA, or under your system the contract represents what it shown. By accepting it are you still liable? If you ask me the answer would be no, which could be a interesting case if someone was ever tried under the EULA contract. Wonder if thats why Microsoft started printing them on the outside of their packages.

Well now that depends, if WoW was not designed with Wine in mind, then its not up to the company to ensure all works properly through it, since it is just a glorified emulator basically.

The user is making the program do things it was not designed to do, assuming the above is correct. Its up to the user to know the EULA, or at least access it in the envrioment in which it was intended to be shown before accepting it.

[odha]

By accepting it are you still liable?

Of course you are, you're accepting it in blind faith!