end user license agreements

Click-to-accept terms

End user license agreements are legal contracts between software providers and users, specifying terms under which the software may be used.

Typically presented as dense text during installation, they must be accepted before proceeding.

Often abbreviated EULA, they cover restrictions on copying, liability limitations, and usage rights: Nobody actually reads the end user license agreement.

Opposites
licensing model

end user license agreementspublic domain

Unprotected creative works

free software · Creative Commons · GPL · copyleft · freeware

legal formality

end user license agreementsno strings attached

Without obligations or conditions

informal agreements · public domain · no license · handshake deals · honor system

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Rated G