May 2007
Intermediate to advanced
190 pages
7h 58m
English
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IN MY LAST COLUMN, I WROTE ABOUT HOW we’re being hemmed in by fake “agreements” that we make simply by moving through time and space. Chances are, the last box you opened has some kind of shrinkwrap license that makes you promise not to take apart whatever was inside of it. These sneaky, self-replicating pieces of legal code are a stealth attack on the maker spirit, and I’ve had enough of it. So I’ve got a plan — read on for more.
The content of these “agreements” is just as crazy as their form. It’s typical to sign away your rights to reverse-engineer your property, to resell it, or to sue anyone if it blows your head off. An early version of the Windows Vista end-user license agreement (EULA) had ...