Comments on: Razer Prohibits Use of Its Mice with Multiple PCs http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/05/28/razer-prohibits-use-of-its-mice-with-multiple-pcs/ An inchoate upside-down perspective Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shadow http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/05/28/razer-prohibits-use-of-its-mice-with-multiple-pcs/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Shadow Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:22:51 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=663#comment-190 Simple really!! Hardware = Patents Software = Rights All they mean to imply is only you can have rights to using it since you bought it, the EULA simply puts it in a defunct manor. They simply don't want someone who didn't pay for it benefiting off something that essentially is proprietary hardware/software, from what I could decipher they are simply trying to protect a trade secret and that is what they want you to be aware of. Otherwise you can do whatever with it just don't lend, lease, sell anything you don't own the rights for resale. Simple really!!

Hardware = Patents

Software = Rights

All they mean to imply is only you can have rights to using it since you bought it, the EULA simply puts it in a defunct manor. They simply don’t want someone who didn’t pay for it benefiting off something that essentially is proprietary hardware/software, from what I could decipher they are simply trying to protect a trade secret and that is what they want you to be aware of. Otherwise you can do whatever with it just don’t lend, lease, sell anything you don’t own the rights for resale.

]]> By: Chris http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/05/28/razer-prohibits-use-of-its-mice-with-multiple-pcs/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Chris Thu, 28 May 2009 08:13:26 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=663#comment-128 That’s right. The EULA only covers the driver software, and strictly doesn’t prohibit use of the mouse itself with multiple computers. But, of course, part of the functionality of the mouse is in the drivers (which is why they exist). (My reference to the on-board memory was only to evidence that Razer envisioned users moving this mouse between computers.) And there are plenty of ways to attack the EULA (eg, each time you download a copy of the drivers from Razer’s public website you get a new EULA, which perhaps grants a further license). My point is only that the EULA should be drafted properly, reflecting that Razer doesn’t actually intend to prevent you from installing and using the driver software on multiple computers. That’s right. The EULA only covers the driver software, and strictly doesn’t prohibit use of the mouse itself with multiple computers. But, of course, part of the functionality of the mouse is in the drivers (which is why they exist).

(My reference to the on-board memory was only to evidence that Razer envisioned users moving this mouse between computers.)

And there are plenty of ways to attack the EULA (eg, each time you download a copy of the drivers from Razer’s public website you get a new EULA, which perhaps grants a further license). My point is only that the EULA should be drafted properly, reflecting that Razer doesn’t actually intend to prevent you from installing and using the driver software on multiple computers.

]]> By: CW http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/2009/05/28/razer-prohibits-use-of-its-mice-with-multiple-pcs/comment-page-1/#comment-127 CW Thu, 28 May 2009 08:00:53 +0000 http://www.orzeszek.org/blog/?p=663#comment-127 The EULA covers only the driver software but I don't think it covers the mouse itself. You can probably use the mouse on another pc but you can only install the driver software on just one pc. The onboard memory is not covered by the EULA since it is not a software. The EULA covers only the driver software but I don’t think it covers the mouse itself. You can probably use the mouse on another pc but you can only install the driver software on just one pc. The onboard memory is not covered by the EULA since it is not a software.

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