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T.C.

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I read license agreements. The license agreement for Kerbal Space Program has changed since I last downloaded the program. The new license agreement is unacceptable. It is ridiculously one-sided in favor of the company. It is an insult to the customers.

I know most of you don't bother to read license agreements. Please read this one. Then tell Squad what you think about it. Companies deserve to be called out when they do things like this.

-TC

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purpleivan

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If the OP is referring to the EULA then having given it a quick look at, it seems like pretty standard fare, so I don't see what the fuss is about.

As others have said, it would help is the OP would post a reference to the sections of it they were most offended by.

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Most importantly, not only say what the EULA says that offends you, but specifically *what the difference is* between this version and the previous one, since your post hinges on the claim that its a new change that is the problem.

It may be nothing more than the difference betweenTake 2's lawyers writing up standard boilerplate paragraphs the way they're used to instead of SQUAD's lawyers writing up standard boilerplate the way they're used to.  Or it may be a big deal where actual rules have changed.  But if you can't be bothered to mention what the  important difference is that triggers your outrage you can't really expect others to follow suit.

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The last major update to the EULA was around the same time as the KSP 1.0 release. There's been a couple of minor tweaks to the wording since then, but nothing drastic (Wayback Machine has a few  revisions since May 2015 if you're curious. I stopped looking for updates prior to that) 

I'm curious about the issues OP has with it as well. 

Although, the one thing that I've always found mildly interesting is that, strictly speaking,  a user is not permitted multiple installs. All the discussion of multiple KSP installs on these forums follow the spirit of the agreement, but definitely not the letter of it. Obviously, YMMV, local jurisdictions may or may not apply, and I'm definitely not a lawyer. It's always kind of funny whenever somebody asks about the legality of keeping separate installs, watching everybody start talking about how many they have and nobody actually answering the question. 

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Zeiss Ikon

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Virtually every EULA, everywhere, for everything prohibits multiple installs.  You aren't allowed to install once on your laptop and once on your desktop machine, you aren't allowed even to have more than a single backup at any given time, and so forth.  Passages like this are clearly intended to allow the rights holder (in this case, Take2, formerly Squad) to pursue folks who make and distribute copies for which the rights holder hasn't been paid -- and there have been court cases that invalidate the very idea of restricting backups.  In between is the case of installing on your desktop machine and your laptop, so you can play more comfortably (and likely with more mods/higher frame rate) at home, but still play when you're on the road.

The rights holder would like to be paid twice for this.

If you treat software like music, the courts have said they don't have the right to demand multiple payment in this case -- if I buy a vinyl LP or a CD, I have the legal right (even under DMCA, as I understand it) to make copies on 8-track, cassette, or digital file (MP3 and such) to allow me to listen to music I've paid for in locations where it isn't practical to carry the original media and/or a player for it -- in other words, I've paid for the right to listen to the music, not solely for the recording material it's sold on.

Years ago, American courts used a principal of "treat it like a book" for software -- allowing reselling used software, lending it, and so forth.  Copyright law (in the United States) was changed to prohibit that, binding users to the EULA until or unless some clause in the EULA was invalidated (and the severability clause in standard EULAs maintains that in that case, the rest of the agreement remains in force).  As things stand, if the EULA forbids multiple installs, you're in violation if you install on two machines -- even if you can't possibly play on both at once (technically not the case with KSP, because someone else could play on your laptop while you've got your head down over a new Jool station design on your desktop system).  Even if it's multiple installs on the same machine, for instance, to run with different mod sets, or different versions, the EULA forbids.

IMO, the likelihood of individual enforcement of this kind of clause is very slim -- in the end, it's an anti-piracy clause, and the main intent is to prevent you giving all your friends (including the tends of thousands on that torrent site you enjoy so much) copies of the software that haven't been paid for.  The rights holder has little or nothing to gain by spending huge sums to try to get another $39.95 out of individual users.  Just like Sony back in Napster days, their effort is spent on those who enable mass piracy, and the "single install" clause exists mainly so they don't have to provide "court case" level proof of a torrent upload (likely impossible) to take action against a pirate.

Mind you, I could be wrong -- assess the risk for yourself.  If you're risk-averse, pay for additional copies if you need to make multiple installs.  If you're a believer in the inherent rightness of DMCA (with all its excesses) and ridiculously over-written EULAs, pay for additional copies.  If you're an ordinary user who wants to play with different mod sets in different saves, or play on your laptop when you're out and your desktop when you're home, let your conscience be your guide.

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6 hours ago, stibbons said:

Although, the one thing that I've always found mildly interesting is that, strictly speaking,  a user is not permitted multiple installs. All the discussion of multiple KSP installs on these forums follow the spirit of the agreement, but definitely not the letter of it. Obviously, YMMV, local jurisdictions may or may not apply, and I'm definitely not a lawyer. It's always kind of funny whenever somebody asks about the legality of keeping separate installs, watching everybody start talking about how many they have and nobody actually answering the question. 

I've always taken that to mean that all of the installs must remain on one machine. Without DRM or a single-install mechanism (Windows registry, for instance) there really is nothing stopping you from having multiple installs on a single machine. Start passing it around or claim multiple machine installs without additional copies and you're breaking the EULA. Kind of follows from a lot of open-source licensing practices, that basically they govern how to share the software, and since you can't share software licensed like KSP the boilerplate around a EULA just makes sure the company has all the rights if a situation does arise.

Also, I, too, want to know what is so offensive about this EULA.

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21 hours ago, regex said:

I've always taken that to mean that all of the installs must remain on one machine.

I suspect that some Steam users have multiple computers and simply log into their steam accounts.  This makes it one user/multiple computers.  While KSP so far hasn't had any DRM (KerbalEDU being an interesting exception), I'd expect some players to simply do this without knowing the EULA.

I've splattered multiple installations onto  one computer (with two OSs) and hope that won't be a problem.

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Here it is.

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You might be right @T.C.

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21 minutes ago, KerBlitz Kerman said:

Here it is.

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IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THIS PROGRAM INSTALL. The application is licensed not sold, to you for use only under the terms of this license. DEPORTED B.V. (“DEPORTED”) reserves all rights not expressly granted to you. The product that is subject to this license is referred to as the “Licensed Application” which may include associated software components, media, printed materials, and “online” or electronic documentation.

If you have any questions about this agreement, you can reach DEPORTED at [email protected].

By installing, copying, downloading or otherwise using the Licensed Application, you agree to be bound by the terms of the agreement below:
1. SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
IMPORTANT – READ CAREFULLY:
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You might be right @T.C.

I got a headache halfway through (too many words bunched together). From what I could tell it looks like every other (read as 2 others) EULA I've read. Did I miss something the thing that makes it bad?

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For those who might get bogged down or whose eyes glaze over easily, here's the "one copy" clause extracted from the above post:

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DEPORTED grants you, and you accept, the non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-commercial, limited right and license, during the term, to copy, install, access and use one copy of the Licensed Application solely and exclusively for your personal use on any computer running a validly licensed copy of the operating system for which the Licensed Application was designed [e.g., Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OSX] that you own or control.

Read literally (which is how courts usually do it), this says you may not have more than one operable copy of the software at any time (without paying for additional licenses).  It also says you may not have a backup, may not keep the downloaded file after installing, and muddies the waters relative to whether you can actually legally install the software at all -- since the installer makes a copy of the contents of the downloaded file and doesn't simultaneously delete the original, you'd be in violation at least for as long as the installer runs and until you can delete the download.

Which is exactly how most EULAs are written.  In practice, I've never heard of anyone being persecuted for having multiple installs on a single computer or even on multiple computers all used by only a single person (desktop and laptop example from my previous post).  Not to say it hasn't happened, I've just never heard of it happening.  As I noted previously, clauses like this (ridiculous on the face, because impossible to comply and still use the software) are, in practice (as far as I know), used to pursue software pirates who make the licensed property available to others -- it's far easier to prove violation of the EULA's one-copy clause, than it is to prove someone uploaded the installer to The Pirate Bay or whatever dark web site has replaced it.

Now, one way to make your install portable without violating this clause might be to install the software on a portable storage device (such as a thumb drive -- make frequent backups, if you can find a legal way to do so; thumb drive wearout is far less predictable and much less extended than SSD wearout).  You have only one copy of the software, but it's in a form you can use one any one computer (at a time) wherever you might happen to be.  I'm pretty sure this would not work for the Windows version (because installers almost always put files into the Windows folder tree), and virtually certain it would work for the Linux version (because installers virtually always install in a self-contained chunk to avoid issues with different Linux flavors).  Can't say for certain what MacOS does, I've never been a Mac user.

Sadly, installing to Dropbox would violate the letter of this clause, because Dropbox's installed software makes a copy of the Dropbox cloud storage on each local computer connected to a particular Dropbox account (for access time reasons, I presume).  So, moving my desktop system's install to my Dropbox would amount to making a copy of that install on my laptop (but not on my phone or Android tablet; the Android app for Dropbox doesn't create a local mirror of the cloud), thus violating the "one copy" clause.

Edit to add: I just noticed, however, that the EULA I quoted from probably isn't the one for KSP -- first, it references a company called Deported B.V., rather than either Squad or Take2, and second, it doesn't mention any Windows version newer than Win7 (or Linux in any flavor or version, but many EULAs ignore Linux even when the software has a Linux version).

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Just read through it's entirety.  I'm not an expert on these matters since I'm not a lawyer, but can anyone identify anything specific in the current KSP EULA that is any more restrictive than any other major-selling game?  To that end, KSP utilizes (at this time) no setup/install program, nor any security features identified in the EULA that is quite prevalent in the rest of the gaming industry (serial number entry upon install, online verification, etc).  If anything, there are EULA clauses that are present in the EULA itself, but not even implemented.  This would allow these devices to be implemented at a later date without legality issues, but again, is no more restrictive than any security methods currently in use by the gaming industry at large.

29 minutes ago, KerBlitz Kerman said:

You might be right @T.C.

Would you care to share what you've identified?  Specifically what points in the EULA are you in agreement with @T.C. with?  Maybe I'm missing something, but I haven't seen anyone in this thread identify anything in the KSP EULA that is "is an insult to the customers" to quote the OP.

@T.C., you stated that you read license agreements, and this one is obviously offensive to you.  You said:

On 9/23/2017 at 9:20 PM, T.C. said:

I read license agreements. The license agreement for Kerbal Space Program has changed since I last downloaded the program. The new license agreement is unacceptable. It is ridiculously one-sided in favor of the company. It is an insult to the customers.

I know most of you don't bother to read license agreements. Please read this one. Then tell Squad what you think about it. Companies deserve to be called out when they do things like this.

Your opinion sounds quite definitive, but is very unspecific.  Would you please cite specifics to support your conclusions?

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1 minute ago, Raptor9 said:

@T.C., you stated that you read license agreements, and this one is obviously offensive to you.  You said:

Your opinion sounds quite definitive, but is very unspecific.  Would you please cite specifics to support your conclusions?

It just occurred to me -- perhaps @T.C. is a troll.  Look at the long, contentious thread this started...

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So, over half of the members of this forum are probably doing something illegal by having both a 1.3 and a 1.2 install? Or having a separate RO/RP-0 install? Or having one copy on an old computer? Or having another one on a USB?

What about having the zip file and the game itself?

What about, back in the days when the store was the only way to get the game and the patcher was broken, you downloaded the game and then downloaded the new version, leading to two installations?

What if you put an install into the trash/recycling bins, but you have another one?

 

Let me get this straight, all of those are illegal?

 

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On 25/09/2017 at 2:19 AM, regex said:

I've always taken that to mean that all of the installs must remain on one machine.

I read the spirit of the agreement as "one license == one user". Right now I have installs across four computers, but there's only a maximum of one in use at any given time (heck, I have an install on my CI server for building mods, and never actually launch the game on that box). I... think that's not strictly allowed by the EULA right now. But I'm comfortable that I'm not infringing on the owner's rights.

@Zeiss Ikon quoted section 2 of the EULA, which is fairly clear about using one copy of the application. But I think it's also worth pointing out a couple of items of section 7, which declares that the licensee shall not:

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7.3 Make copies of the Licensed Application or any part thereof, or make copies of the materials accompanying the Licensed Application with the intention of illegal distribution.

Which backs up my "spirit of the agreement" stance, and also implies that making copies of the application is OK (for backup, or running on separate devices) as long as you're not distributing it illegally (ie, in ways not explicitly allowed in the agreement).

50 minutes ago, Zeiss Ikon said:

Now, one way to make your install portable without violating this clause might be to install the software on a portable storage device (such as a thumb drive -- make frequent backups, if you can find a legal way to do so; thumb drive wearout is far less predictable and much less extended than SSD wearout).  You have only one copy of the software, but it's in a form you can use one any one computer (at a time) wherever you might happen to be.  I'm pretty sure this would not work for the Windows version (because installers almost always put files into the Windows folder tree), and virtually certain it would work for the Linux version (because installers virtually always install in a self-contained chunk to avoid issues with different Linux flavors).  Can't say for certain what MacOS does, I've never been a Mac user.

For what it's worth, I can confirm that the Windows, Linux and OSX versions are all portable, there's no technical restriction on copying them about the place. But out of the box, a single install isn't cross platform - you couldn't copy a Windows install to a portable drive and run it on Linux, for example. Although I suppose the only significant difference is the binaries, with a little massaging it just might be possible to merge all three releases in to a single directory tree with shared resources.

43 minutes ago, Zeiss Ikon said:

Look at the long, contentious thread this started...

Oh, this is definitely not contentious by KSP forum standards. :wink: 

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1 hour ago, Zeiss Ikon said:

It just occurred to me -- perhaps @T.C. is a troll.  Look at the long, contentious thread this started...

Nah, that's not long. The very best inflammatory topics used to get tens of pages in a day.

Lack of any explanation for the point, made by the OP, however, makes me suspect the same. :)

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1 hour ago, Zeiss Ikon said:

It just occurred to me -- perhaps @T.C. is a troll.

What was your first clue?

OP drives by and drops a heated, completely unsupported argument and then doesn't respond to queries for their reasoning, of course it's a troll thread. A poor attempt at a troll thread, but one nontheless.

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Look at the long, contentious thread this started...

It's not a contentious thread at all from my POV, all the arguments here are reasoned and/or supported, aside from OP's.

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