Comments on: Apple’s Safari License forbids Windows users from installing it.

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:09 +0000

Thanks for the good laugh – it’s always nice to see little legal screwups like that

By: Bill Shirley

Bill Shirley — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:54:23 +0000

Microsoft was bitten by that same mistake a week or two ago. After downloading the Microsoft Silverlight plugin for Mac, the license said…

FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 6 AND 7 ON WINDOWS XP SP2 AND WINDOWS VISTA, AND FOR FIREFOX 1.5+ ON WINDOWS XP SP2 AND WINDOWS VISTA
adding later:
INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. You may install and use any number of copies of the software only with the browser and operating system software named above.

By: Rick O'Neil

Rick O'Neil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:47:04 +0000

does any one even read licensing agreements anyway, or even CARE what they say?… I mean seriously…

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:35:56 +0000

Also interesting in that screenshot:

“This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.”

Assuming that this wordage is the same on Macs, does that mean that if I use Back To My Mac/Screen Sharing on my MacBook to open up Safari on my iMac, I’m breaking the License Agreement?

By: krye

krye — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:11 +0000

cut and paste strikes again

By: vance

vance — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:17:03 +0000

Thas really interestingly funny..

By: macman

macman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:02:48 +0000

It’s not impossible – you just need to be running Windows on a Mac.