Fun lawyer tricks

Posted Feb 21, 2005 11:01 UTC (Mon) by dark (guest, #8483)
Parent article: The EFF guide to EULAs

You could try this the next time you're about to install something draconian at work: instead of clicking on 'I Agree', copy the text of the EULA and send it to the company's legal department, and ask if it's ok to agree to this. Make sure you ask for an official opinion. For example, you could be in the process of documenting the procedure for installing this software, so you'd like to quote their answer.

Then watch the same people who wrote your employment contract and NDA try to swallow the terms of the EULA :-)

I haven't had the chance to try this myself yet. I guess that makes me lucky.

Fun lawyer tricks

Posted Feb 21, 2005 17:22 UTC (Mon) by mdekkers (guest, #85) [Link]

I did this once - when I was working for a Government. Apperantly, the EULA encroached on National Sovereinty or somesuch, and the Government instantly started looking at Open Source.