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==Legal Context== | ==Legal Context== | ||
While EULAs and Terms of Service are legally binding documents, the "EULA roofie" concept challenges their legitimacy by highlighting how they may violate principles of contract law such as: | While EULAs and [[Terms of service|Terms of Service]] are legally binding documents, the "EULA roofie" concept challenges their legitimacy by highlighting how they may violate principles of contract law such as: | ||
*Meeting of the minds (mutual understanding between parties). | *Meeting of the minds (mutual understanding between parties). | ||
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Use of standard license agreements. | Use of standard license agreements. | ||
* More people review each license | *More people review each license | ||
* Encourages reviewers to post comparative license information | *Encourages reviewers to post comparative license information | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
*[https://tosdr.org/en/ TOSDR] — Helps consumers to understand and review terms of service policies | *[https://tosdr.org/en/ TOSDR] — Helps consumers to understand and review terms of service policies | ||
*[https://opentermsarchive.org/en/ Open Terms Archive] — Helps consumers to understand and review terms of service policies | *[https://opentermsarchive.org/en/ Open Terms Archive] — Records changes to terms of service. Helps consumers to understand and review terms of service policies. | ||
*[https://www.pilotlab.org/eulas-of-despair EULA of Despair] — Illustrates the size and complexity of license agreements, with the subsidiary documents they include, for some common services. | *[https://www.pilotlab.org/eulas-of-despair EULA of Despair] — Illustrates the size and complexity of license agreements, with the subsidiary documents they include, for some common services. | ||
== Further Reading == | |||
* [[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Anti-Consumer_Practices]] | [[Category:Anti-Consumer_Practices]] | ||
[[Category:Common terms]] | [[Category:Common license terms]] | ||