unless the last game you picked up was a copy of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
lawyer jargon or legal ease is probably the last thing on your mind when you're
excitedly ripping open the box of a new piece of software but Curb Your
Enthusiasm friends because nearly every piece of software these days is going to
come with the infamous enduser license
agreement or Ula we've all clicked agree
to these things without reading all 50 pages or even sometimes a single
sentence so why the heck are they included when we all know that hardly
anyone reads them what is the point well fundamentally a Ula is just a type of
contract which have been around since time immemorial but unlike most
agreements that involve some kind of two-way negotiation ulas are pretty much
just a list of stuff you're not allowed to do and while the first ulas which
started popping up in the 1980s were intended to mostly stop unauthorized
copying since then they've grown to be completely wieldly like a a 34 layer
nacho dip or something to get to the salsa you're going to end up with cheese
on your fingers every time well hold on a second line is I don't agree to their
terms I just want to use the software I paid for it's mine well not exactly when
you buy a copy of a piece of software you are not actually paying for the
software you're only paying for a license to use it since the publisher
wants to retain the rights to actually do stuff to theod code so what can't you
do then most ulas will forbid you from tinkering with or reverse engineering
the software since the Publishers don't want people adding enhancements and
features for free that they could make money off of later software developers
also obviously don't want to get sued so you'll see a disclaimer of warranty
which means that you agree that if the software messes something up with your
computer or Worse you're limited to
whatever the publisher will give you which is usually phone and webs support
or best case scenario refund and some ulas even say stuff like that you can't
criticize the software publicly if you don't like it that's BS Linus why do
they get to make all the rules anyway do I get any Say in any of this sort of at
least in the US there are numerous precedents for Ula Clauses ending up
being unenforcable if they're really unfair to the consumer and generally
speaking there also needs to be some sort of ascent from the customer for the
Ula to actually count for example one American Court case involving Netscape
held that sticking terms of service in an inconspicuous location at the bottom
of a page didn't give a user enough chance to agree but being forced to look
at a Ula before clicking next or removing the plastic wrap from a
software box if you're still into that kind of thing with the conditions on the
outside have both been found to constitute acceptance by the user but
regardless the publisher can't terminate your license if the Ula is grossly
unfair or unconscionable in legal e the
problem though is that's a very subjective standard and puts the user in
the crummy position where they'll either have to go to court to get a ruling
before using the software as they intend or just go ahead and do it and hope for
a favorable decision after the fact not something that I typically advise so
where does this leave us all then well for most people in a state of really not
worrying about it too much as long as you're not trying to use someone else's
software for authorized commercial gain or repurposing iTunes as a terrorist
weapon or something all they can usually do is terminate your accounter
subscription but that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to search that
mountain of text for any fishy Clauses and don't be afraid to exercise your
rights as a consumer if things look unreasonable before you find out that
you've signed away the rights to your vital organs speaking of vital organs
fresh books it's designed for freelance workers or small businesses where the
owner has vital organs so the human ones
that is to say and what it is is an online tool that makes invoicing getting
paid and tracking expenses and your time
sheet easier so little details about cash flow are in one place so you always
know where you stand and it shows a full history of each invoice allowing you to
check if your client has viewed the invoice and allow the client to pay
through fresh books by credit card which of course makes those little details
like uh you know hey have you paid yet hey no sorry I didn't get it in the M oh
um actually yeah you did I saw that you looked at it so uh yeah you better go
ahead and pay that because let's face it guys whether you're a whether you're a
plumber or uh you know some kind of other you know freelance contractor or
Tradesman whatever the case may be you want to spend your time doing that and
making money not sitting around you know typing things into one of those
calculators with the spool of paper in the top that's the old way so head over
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