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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.