#eula — Public Fediverse posts

Här hemma sitter jag med en #ASUS RT-AX86U Pro och blir besviken över tillverkarens nya #EULA. Efter den nya uppdateringen tar de sig rätten att påtvinga uppdateringar på min #router, stänga av funktioner när de tycker och tar inget ansvar överhuvudtaget.

Varför ska jag fortfarande vara deras kund?

Es geht um den weltgrößten Spielzeughersteller oder mein Versuch, bei #Microsoft und #Copilot nicht ins Polemische abzurutschen. Ich bin offensichtlich gescheitert :-) Aber es gibt ein Blick in mein Bücherregal. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://blog.jakobs.systems/blog/20260420-copilot-ki/

#KI #AGB #LLM #Risiken #EULA #Spielzeug #Entertainment

Es geht um den weltgrößten Spielzeughersteller oder mein Versuch, bei #Microsoft und #Copilot nicht ins Polemische abzurutschen. Ich bin offensichtlich gescheitert :-) Aber es gibt ein Blick in mein Bücherregal. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://blog.jakobs.systems/blog/20260420-copilot-ki/

#KI #AGB #LLM #Risiken #EULA #Spielzeug #Entertainment

Es geht um den weltgrößten Spielzeughersteller oder mein Versuch, bei #Microsoft und #Copilot nicht ins Polemische abzurutschen. Ich bin offensichtlich gescheitert :-) Aber es gibt ein Blick in mein Bücherregal. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://blog.jakobs.systems/blog/20260420-copilot-ki/

#KI #AGB #LLM #Risiken #EULA #Spielzeug #Entertainment

Es geht um den weltgrößten Spielzeughersteller oder mein Versuch, bei #Microsoft und #Copilot nicht ins Polemische abzurutschen. Ich bin offensichtlich gescheitert :-) Aber es gibt ein Blick in mein Bücherregal. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://blog.jakobs.systems/blog/20260420-copilot-ki/

#KI #AGB #LLM #Risiken #EULA #Spielzeug #Entertainment

Es geht um den weltgrößten Spielzeughersteller oder mein Versuch, bei #Microsoft und #Copilot nicht ins Polemische abzurutschen. Ich bin offensichtlich gescheitert :-) Aber es gibt ein Blick in mein Bücherregal. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://blog.jakobs.systems/blog/20260420-copilot-ki/

#KI #AGB #LLM #Risiken #EULA #Spielzeug #Entertainment

I just came across a tool to download+decrypt #windevine content.

Interesting in theory but looks abandoned.

What I find very interesting though is that it comes with a #EULA that summarises to "don't pirate" – presumably to keep the lawyers at bay. The code is licensed under #GPLv3 however.

Little known GPLv3 fact: If the software you received has "further restrictions" placed upon it, it grants you the explicit permission to remove them!

I would like to coin this tactic "#DMCA-condom" ;D

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116377687987470957

When a company ends support for the last version of a given #software product compatible with any subset of the supported #hardware, or ends support for a given software product altogether, or ends support for a software-controlled hardware product, the warranty #disclaimer, limitation of #liability, indemnity, and related #EULA terms should be deemed without force or effect regarding any future harms resulting from software defects unless the company releases all information and legal permissions necessary for arbitrary independent parties to patch those defects and distribute and install those patches.

Either release the complete and corresponding source code (including any keys necessary to install or run a compiled version) with a license to make and distribute fixes, or fix your up stuff forever, or face unlimited liability for the consequences of your refusal to fix or allow fixing.

#law

The #MicroSoft #Copilot Terms of Service are no indication of a lack of confidence.

It’s a sign that the inventors of the #EULA have finally reached the peak of their skills. “The products we profit off of have no guarantee of working.”

New story drop! “Terms and Conditions” is live!!
Come for Harvestide, stay for the part where everyone realizes they probably should’ve read page 37...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voXtGy74ZBHt50_X7YdaPdB2vHx3fmp3YJQ47v8mIRg/edit?usp=sharing

#Noir #CyberSecurity #EULA #PopTarts @sashatheflamingo

The 2000s were also the heyday of noteworthy freeware games and sites such as GameHippo, and buying a copy of a digital work then—often on a CD—actually meant owning it and doing whatever (copyright) law permitted. No streaming disservices or prerequisites. Even pre-Microsoft Minecraft, in retrospect, was a relief from signing expansive EULA agreements and possibly trading off privacy for the product. Those days are worth returning to.

#2000s #DRM #EULA #freeware #gaming #Internet #nostalgia

There is a silver lining to the whole #python #chardet debacle. If it is legal to throw a pile of code at an LLM, and tell it to write a new version of that code that is not a derivative then that gives us a lot of options too.

GPL compatible #ZFS? no problem! #ReactOS from the leaked NT/2k sources? No problem!

Maybe this is a golden age for the collapse of proprietary software after all. If they can do an end run around the #GPL we can do an end run around the #EULA.

#opensource

@Vivaldi @librewolf @zenbrowser

And I know someone will ask, so here is Section 7 of Vivaldi's EULA:

"7. Without limiting the foregoing, you are neither allowed to (a) adapt, alter, translate, embed into any other product or otherwise create derivative works of, or otherwise modify the Software ; (b) separate the component programs of the Software for use on different computers; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software, except as permitted by applicable law; or (d) remove, alter or obscure any proprietary notices on the Software or the applicable documentation therein."

https://vivaldi.com/privacy/vivaldi-end-user-license-agreement/

#Vivaldi #EULA #SoftwareFreedom

Malware as we know it is obviously detrimental to the user and their computer, but how "malware" is defined is so narrow that it overlooks how willing developers of "legitimate" proprietary software—including video games—are willing to mistreat their customers. Antivirus software has become practically a joke. At least I know #Luanti respects my privacy, unlike Microsoft #Minecraft.

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-games.html

#dataPrivacy #digitalSurveillance #DRM #EULA #malware #proprietary #software #videoGames

1/2
#Cyberpunk2077 #VR Mod taken down by CD Project Red DMCA!

Or rather by huge #ego of the author

The guy made a #framework to convert normal game into VR. This framework is universal, but needs specific patches and configs for each supported game, that modify and interact with game files.

It's being held behind monthly #Patreon subscribtion.

CDPR #EULA doesn't allow mods to be paid, so they suggested he makes the CP77 configs free with optional #donations.

He refused, so they filed #DMCA

@ariethefloof

2b2t should be held accountable by the people not a faceless corporation. Microsoft isn't punishing 2b2t to fight fascism, they likely wont even do anything about this. But even if they do it will be a worrying development that microsoft has legal control over a server you run on your own hardware with your own money

This is why I play Mineclonia on Luanti because its a FLOSS project the project has no technical ability to prevent you from running a server, I have a server with a friend, most minecraft features are implemented and its very fun for us.

Reminder that microsoft bans servers/mods that put guns or adult content into the game according to their EULA, and is currently being sued for unenforceable terms of the EULA

#Mineclonia #Luanti #FLOSS #FLOSSGaming #2b2t #Censorship #Microsoft #EULA

Me: installing software
Software: "Do you agree to our EULA?"
Me: Click "yes"
Software: "We now own your house"
Me: 😲😩

#eula #software #licensing #techhumour #fineprint #privacy #digitalrights #relatable #humane_tech #installation #websecurity #joke #funny #tech

Me: installing software
Software: "Do you agree to our EULA?"
Me: Click "yes"
Software: "We now own your house"
Me: 😲😩

#eula #software #licensing #techhumour #fineprint #privacy #digitalrights #relatable #humane_tech #installation #websecurity #joke #funny #tech

Me: installing software
Software: "Do you agree to our EULA?"
Me: Click "yes"
Software: "We now own your house"
Me: 😲😩

#eula #software #licensing #techhumour #fineprint #privacy #digitalrights #relatable #humane_tech #installation #websecurity #joke #funny #tech

Me: installing software
Software: "Do you agree to our EULA?"
Me: Click "yes"
Software: "We now own your house"
Me: 😲😩

#eula #software #licensing #techhumour #fineprint #privacy #digitalrights #relatable #humane_tech #installation #websecurity #joke #funny #tech

Me: installing software
Software: "Do you agree to our EULA?"
Me: Click "yes"
Software: "We now own your house"
Me: 😲😩

#eula #software #licensing #techhumour #fineprint #privacy #digitalrights #relatable #humane_tech #installation #websecurity #joke #funny #tech

Just found out the terms of use of my new Samsung TV are not enforceable in my jurisdiction. So no, Samsung, for the privilege of watching this TV I do not cede to you paternity rights over my firstborn child.

#eula #tos #terms #termsofservice #license #agreement #termsapply #joke

To #Nintendo je fakt těžká (ne)kultura.

Dovolil jsem si v rámci experimentu zažádat o refund #scam hry #GloryToTheHeroes, protože mi to přišlo jako výbornej test customer service Nintenda.

14 dní si s nima dopisuju po e-mailu, aby mi 4 dny zpátky řekli, že prověří, jestli je to scam. Dneska bez dalších detailů "na vaši žádost sereme, v #EULA je uvedeno, že co se dá, to se nevydá!".

Za tenhle přístup bych jim joycony narval do nosu a #Switch vrátil...

#gaming

By agreeing to these terms, you acknowledge the supremacy of Friend Computer in all things physical, spiritual, terrestrial, celestial, dimensional, real, theoretical, or hypothetical across all time and space.

Failure to agree to these terms will result in termination.

#ttrpg #paranoia #eula

Das #Minecraft Problem von dem die meisten Nix mitbekommen haben.

Starter:
https://youtu.be/C5RvoPQZQeM
Update:
https://youtu.be/w_UF_4gZclI

Firmen verarschen ihre Kunden nach - und 🧵 und meinen alles mit ihnen machen zu können was sie wollen um soviel💰wie möglich aus ihnen heraus zu pressen. Hier hat endlich mal einer die🥚🥚sich zu wehren und deckt dabei das versagen des Rechtssystems gleich noch mit auf.

#verbraucherschutz #stopkillinggames #verbraucher #Eula #law #lawsuits #eulaw

Ogni volta che , credi di comprare un gioco su #steam o piattaforme similari , in realtà stai “affittando” un videogame. Leggi le clausole #eula Quindi hai una licenza d’uso non un possesso. Immagina di leggere , affitta al posto di acquista …. Poi se vuoi procedi. Ma sappi che quella licenza la possono revocare quando vogliono oppure cambiare retro attivamente le clausole e tu non puoi fare nulla. #stopdestroyingvideogames #supportofisico

[ai-control] prevent robots.txt entries from becoming law | Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive, weighs in re: legally enforceable statements in robots.txt

Having anything in robots.txt reflected in law is such a bad idea, that I suggest we, the Internet standards community, do our best to make it not happen.  (I do understand the temptation to think we should make law, but others might disagree 🙂 )   So let’s not add any AI features into this standard.

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ai-control/iy38WylitCEjq76ZogVLcriHeOQ/

#ai #EULA #internetArchive #llm #privacy #scraping

Clause Day: “Everyone losing their minds over an entirely standard clause in a tech provider’s T&Cs / EULA day”; also known as Fine Print Friday. Via @katebevan

This is a much needed neologism within the online security community. If you have bluesky access it links through to a fairly funny thread.

https://bsky.app/profile/alecmuffett.bsky.social/post/3ltyljd7d422z

#clauseDay #EULA #finePrintFriday #tC

📬 Switch 2 Sperre wegen Benutzernamen: Nintendo zieht harte Grenzen
#Gaming #Rechtssachen #EULA #Funaoe24 #LGBTCommunity #Nintendo #TwinkLink #ZeldaSpiele https://sc.tarnkappe.info/20aa9d

📬 Nintendo sperrt Switch-2-Konsolen wegen Flash-Cartridges – selbst bei eigenen Backups
#Entertainment #Gaming #Cardridge #Eskalationsstufe #EULA #FlashCardridges #MIGFlash #Nintendo https://sc.tarnkappe.info/d2192e

Nintendo erlaubt sich Switch-Bricking bei Modding – Konsolen könnten per Fernzugriff deaktiviert werden

https://nintendo-connect.de/nintendo/nintendo-erlaubt-sich-switch-bricking-bei-modding-konsolen-koennten-per-fernzugriff-deaktiviert-werden-141839/

In regards to the #Honey #swindle, I was thinking of a #Browser extension that utilizes #AI services to parse services #EULA to see if there is anything untoward in the user agreement.

Also, how is it that a company can legally force people to wave class action suits in the US? That seems awfully convenient.

In any case, this is my petition to bring #LegalEagle over to the fediverse AND for him and his team to get their own #phoenixwright game. Go eagle team!! 🦅

Puppet 要 fork 了

在 Lobsters 上看到 Puppet 要的改名討論：「Choose a Project Name - Initial Voting Closes December 31」，才注意到 Puppet 也發生了 license issue，報導的部分可以參考「Puppet’s Open Source Community Plans to Fork the Program」這篇。

主要是上個月的時候 Perforce (在 2022 年買了 Puppet) 對 open source 版本宣佈了新的政策：「Our Plans for Open So

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/12/21/12146/puppet-%e8%a6%81-fork-%e4%ba%86/

#Computer #DevOps #Murmuring #Software #cla #devops #eula #fork #license #open #perforce #puppet #source

GOG Takes Jab At Steam License Notice With Irrevocable Offline Installers #cdprojekt #digitalgoods #ecommerce #eula #games #gaming #gog #license #pc #purchases #steam

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/334969/gog-takes-jab-steam-license-notice/

Steam Now Informs Users That They’re Actually Buying Licences To Games #digitalgoods #ecommerce #eula #games #gaming #license #purchases #steam

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/334908/steam-games-licensed-not-sold/

Nvidia CUDA 的 EULA 禁止跑在模擬層上面

在 Hacker News 上看到「Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software to run on other chips (tomshardware.com)」這個討論串，原報導「Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software — previously the prohibition

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/03/07/11689/nvidia-cuda-%e7%9a%84-eula-%e7%a6%81%e6%ad%a2%e8%b7%91%e5%9c%a8%e6%a8%a1%e6%93%ac%e5%b1%a4%e4%b8%8a%e9%9d%a2/

#Computer #Murmuring #Software #amd #cuda #eula #intel #nvidia #zluda

@AimeeMaroux The issue is that #federatedNetworks appear "hard" and are inscrutable to people used to clicking OK on a #EULA without reading it. People who don't understand that they are saying "please take my #privacy and my #rights." People who think that #appStores are great rather than voracious organizations with predatory commission structures.

Average users don't want to think why things are #free and easy. They will also be the ones to complain when a for profit corporation changes their rules in a way that affects them, the user who believes the internet is somehow "free".

The #fediverse is fantastic because no one organization can take it down, and you can change servers if you don't like your current server's new rules. But explaining that to #normies will get you a blank gaze of I comprehension.

@MissingThePt

Where's the #fineprint?
Do you think I'm just going to agree without knowing what I'm signing up for?
#CustomerFirst #EULA

Hackaday Links: August 13, 2023 - Remember that time when the entire physics community dropped what it was doing to ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/13/hackaday-links-august-13-2023/ #roomtemperaturesuperconductor #researchplatform #hackadaycolumns #machinelearning #superconductor #termsofservice #hackadaylinks #semiconductor #interconnect #trainingdata #skepticism #spacejunk #pimoroni #scripps #slider #debunk #heist #lk-99 #orbit #theft #eula #flip #zoom #leo #meo #tos #ai

My #view about #alternate #texting #images on #Mastodon:

1. it is not a #marketing #SEO #website for #Google #indexing
2. #images usually #describes post #contents
3. I have the right to send #empty alt="" tags, it is not in #EULA nor police will hurt me
4. alt-text speller programs has other #accessibility #issues, #semantic #web is a #holy #dream since the #90s
5. do as you feels like to do, I am doing as I want to, nobody fails that way

Thank you for reading my opinion.

My #view about #alternate #texting #images on #Mastodon:

1. it is not a #marketing #SEO #website for #Google #indexing
2. #images usually #describes post #contents
3. I have the right to send #empty alt="" tags, it is not in #EULA nor police will hurt me
4. alt-text speller programs has other #accessibility #issues, #semantic #web is a #holy #dream since the #90s
5. do as you feels like to do, I am doing as I want to, nobody fails that way

Thank you for reading my opinion.

My #view about #alternate #texting #images on #Mastodon:

1. it is not a #marketing #SEO #website for #Google #indexing
2. #images usually #describes post #contents
3. I have the right to send #empty alt="" tags, it is not in #EULA nor police will hurt me
4. alt-text speller programs has other #accessibility #issues, #semantic #web is a #holy #dream since the #90s
5. do as you feels like to do, I am doing as I want to, nobody fails that way

Thank you for reading my opinion.

My #view about #alternate #texting #images on #Mastodon:

1. it is not a #marketing #SEO #website for #Google #indexing
2. #images usually #describes post #contents
3. I have the right to send #empty alt="" tags, it is not in #EULA nor police will hurt me
4. alt-text speller programs has other #accessibility #issues, #semantic #web is a #holy #dream since the #90s
5. do as you feels like to do, I am doing as I want to, nobody fails that way

Thank you for reading my opinion.

My #view about #alternate #texting #images on #Mastdon:

1. it is not a #marketing #SEO #website for #Google #indexing
2. #images usually #describes post #contents
3. I have the right to send #empty alt="" tags, it is not in #EULA nor police will hurt me
4. alt-text speller programs has other #accessibility #issues, #semantic #web is a #holy #dream since the #90s
5. do as you feels like to do, I am doing as I want to, nobody fails that way

Thank you for reading my opinion.

Kotaku: Genshin Impact Characters As Valentine Dates, Ranked https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-valentine-s-day-hoyoverse-1850085317 #gaming #tech #kotaku #englishlanguagefilms #rise3abloodhunter #creativeworks #americanfilms #nilouthere #valentine #wanderer #genshin #zhongli #yaemiko #yoimiya #batman #shogun #shenhe #nahida #kazuha #films #ganyu #ayato #jean #xiao #eula #itto

Kotaku: Genshin Impact Characters As Valentine Dates, Ranked https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-valentine-s-day-hoyoverse-1850085317 #gaming #tech #kotaku #englishlanguagefilms #rise3abloodhunter #creativeworks #americanfilms #nilouthere #valentine #wanderer #genshin #zhongli #yaemiko #yoimiya #batman #shogun #shenhe #nahida #kazuha #films #ganyu #ayato #jean #xiao #eula #itto

Kotaku: Genshin Impact Characters As Valentine Dates, Ranked https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-valentine-s-day-hoyoverse-1850085317 #gaming #tech #kotaku #englishlanguagefilms #rise3abloodhunter #creativeworks #americanfilms #nilouthere #valentine #wanderer #genshin #zhongli #yaemiko #yoimiya #batman #shogun #shenhe #nahida #kazuha #films #ganyu #ayato #jean #xiao #eula #itto

Kotaku: Genshin Impact Characters As Valentine Dates, Ranked https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-valentine-s-day-hoyoverse-1850085317 #gaming #tech #kotaku #englishlanguagefilms #rise3abloodhunter #creativeworks #americanfilms #nilouthere #valentine #wanderer #genshin #zhongli #yaemiko #yoimiya #batman #shogun #shenhe #nahida #kazuha #films #ganyu #ayato #jean #xiao #eula #itto

It really should be illegal to advertise a free feature without specifying whether it's guaranteed for life or if there'll be an EOL on the free service. People make purchase decisions based on that feature, as the brands well know. It might be foolish to expect a brand to keep offering a free feature forever, but there should still be a legal obligation to specify (and not hidden in an #EULA).

#Arlo is taking away security camera features you paid for - #TheVerge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/2/23536194/arlo-eol-security-cameras-pro-baby-q-gen-3-lights-doorbell

#TechTalk #tech #security #HomeSecurity