# EULAs outside of USA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241 "2002-10-28T13:08:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241/1 "2002-10-28T13:08:40Z")

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I recently had a software salesman visiting me at work, to install and show me how to use some new software… during the course of the installation, some 3rd-party stuff was being installed and I skipped past the EULA screen, saying ‘Does anybody ever read these things?’ in a flippant tone…

his response ‘Oh, they’re not valid outside of the states anyway - that’s why we don’t have one the european version of our software!’

Anyone know if this is true?

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241/2 "2002-10-28T14:26:12Z")

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You want something really funny? They may or may _not_ be valid inside the US of A. See, some of those Eulas may require you to give up some legal rights the programmers cannot legally requireyou to give up. I don’t think it has ever been tested in Court.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241/3 "2002-10-28T14:39:35Z")

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Most software will have a EULA specific to the country it’s localized for. e.g., if you install the German version, you get the German, EULA.

On the software I’ve worked on, the U.S. version contains 6-12 or more country-specific EULA’s. The installer will ask what country you’re in, then display the correct EULA for that country.

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**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241/4 "2002-10-28T15:09:56Z")

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I thought there would probably be country-specific variations… I wonder why this company doesn’t bother with those? strange

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eulas-outside-of-usa/134241/5 "2002-10-29T00:36:21Z")

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This begs the question, what happens if you take, for example, a USA product - unopened and without having affirmed the EULA, to, say, Argentina, and operate the product? Assuming there’s no language about being in Argentina…?