People usually don’t read EULAs before installing any software, but it seems as if Apple forgot to read their own EULA before pushing Safari 3.1 out of their doors, in a very questionable fashion. If you are someone who reads and sticks with the terms, you can never install Safari for Windows on any machine which is not "Apple-labeled". Read the highlighted section of the image below:
"This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."
The above sentence can only mean two things. Either Safari for Windows was only meant for Boot Camp users, or all PC users had to purchase a Mac to try Safari. Maybe, it was just an oversight, but it’s still damn funny.
I believe folks who were assigned the task of making Safari for Windows, simply borrowed the EULA from the Mac version of Safari, even without reviewing it. Nothing odd, even companies like Apple makes minor mistakes, but it’s pretty ironic that something which was meant to run on Windows was not meant to be installed on a PC.
Apple quickly responded by fixing the licensing terms of the Safari. No, they won’t really sue you for installing Safari on Windows. It would be pretty absurd.
[via: ZDNet]
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