SbuxBlaze
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 March 30th 2008, 00:00 |
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Apple, it seems, hasn't totally gotten used to making browsers for Windows.
The license agreement for the company's Safari Web browser on Windows includes an interesting restriction: "The software allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."
The Register, which was tipped off by legal eagles at the Italian site settleB.IT, calls the terms a "mockery of end user agreements."
Apple last week caught a lot of flak from users and from Mozilla, which makes the rival Firefox browser, for its practice of offering Safari for Windows as part of its auto-update service for iTunes.
Let's see how many millions of Safari for Windows downloads there are before Apple's legal corp tweaks their language to cover exotic things like, you know, Windows PCs.
Update 7:11 AM Pacific: The Apple license has been updated so that Windows PC users can install Safari without fear of violating any licenses. The change occurred overnight Wednesday to Thursday European time.
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Lbroskee
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| March 30th 2008, 00:13 |
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wow. all they did was copy and paste it
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SbuxBlaze
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| March 30th 2008, 00:24 |
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| Lbroskee wrote: | | wow. all they did was copy and paste it |
from the same agreement thats on safari for mac? xD
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Lbroskee
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| March 30th 2008, 00:39 |
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ya i guess so. since i mean it says its for apple labeled comps. i never seen the apple one myself tho. i install updates while i sleep
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alxmarcond
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| March 30th 2008, 00:49 |
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im pissed. Apple is treating non Mac users like crap! they keep asking me over and over and over if i want to download Safari when i update iTunes, which has been a LOT lately.
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chris3d
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| May 28th 2008, 05:02 |
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| Yeah, they simply copied the EULA from the Mac version of Safari. I guess it makes sense seeing as how a port of most apps wouldn't really require a changing of the license agreement. You can't really blame Apple for previously locking Safari to the Mac platform. If they didn't port it nobody was... |
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SbuxBlaze
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| May 28th 2008, 06:29 |
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| chris3d wrote: | | Yeah, they simply copied the EULA from the Mac version of Safari. I guess it makes sense seeing as how a port of most apps wouldn't really require a changing of the license agreement. You can't really blame Apple for previously locking Safari to the Mac platform. If they didn't port it nobody was... |
Well its kind of funny if you look at it. All the ports to windows (iTunes and Safari) run a LOT smoother on Mac OS X then on Windows. iTunes.. i find it to be slow and overall buggy on windows (same as safari), but on a Mac it runs like a dream.. even on old Power Book's which specs are WAY below todays computers
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