# Lawyers and their damn license agreements!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 24, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160 "2013-10-24T20:45:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/1 "2013-10-24T20:45:34Z")

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I got [this](http://cl.ly/image/23112X2I3w0z) today when I went to install the Flip4Mac player.

Should I agree to the terms? Looks a bit onerous to me…

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/2 "2013-10-24T20:49:42Z")

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Well, I’m not your lawyer, but I have reviewed the agreement carefully and can’t see anything I would object to.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/3 "2013-10-24T21:25:34Z")

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Hey, good news. Ambiguity in a contract is usually resolved against the party who drafted the agreement.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/4 "2013-10-25T19:43:20Z")

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This is what a friend of mine had to say about it:

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> I decoded it with my Futurama decoder. Essentially, what it says is, “kill all humans.”

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/5 "2013-10-25T19:48:30Z")

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Have your cat take a look at it and see what they think.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-and-their-damn-license-agreements/672160/6 "2013-10-25T20:29:02Z")

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I couldn’t get past all the cursing.