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August 29, 2007 4:47 PM PDT

No time for EULAs

by Jessica Dolcourt
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EULAlyzer

EULAlyzer zooms in on significant text in a license agreement, at no cost to you.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

Few people other than the lawyers, product leads, and a handful of seriously committed users actually know what's in a product's EULA, the end-user license agreement you need to accept before it will install.

Users see the EULA as a long, seemingly pointless block of textual mumbo jumbo; for publishers, it's a legal fallback.

Since some EULAs can trap you into welcoming bundled adware and third-party info-sharing, it's in your best interest to slash through the dense legalese and know what you're agreeing to. EULAlyzer, a free, quick bit of software from the makers of SpywareBlaster, practically does it all for you. ... Read more

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