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mattie_p
on Saturday February 22 2014, @08:32AM
from the print-that-out-please-want-it-on-paper dept.
from the print-that-out-please-want-it-on-paper dept.
bob_super writes:
"After reading an article[fr] (English language version) presenting a new Google initiative to map deforestation, I encountered a surprise when globalforestwatch.org opened with a Terms Of Service page! Not a small two-line 'we're in beta' terms of service page, a full multi-page lawyer-dream EULA. And when clicked on agree, I got a pop-up asking me to agree again!
Since we all know that all information has to be proven 100% correct and safe before being published on the web, have you noticed EULAs in other no-login sites? Why are Google's lawyers getting in the way when it's about important scientific data?"
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by RamiK on Saturday February 22 2014, @09:29AM
I wonder if it's possible for a lawyer to draw up a general purpose EULA like disclaimer you can copy-paste/link in everything you publish that removes any liability from you over defamation and profanities and what-nots. Something like the disclaimers publishers and writers use in TV or the EULAs but not as restricted.
Then, I'll have it printed on my T-shirt and attach it to anything I write, say or do so I could say what I want like one of those "free people" I keep reading about...
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