Aperture 1.5: Not Intended for Use in Nuclear Facilities
I have Apple’s hot news feed bookmarked in Safari, because they put their OS X Pro Tips in there once every week or so. Usually the rest of the stuff that gets dumped into the feed is just links to featurettes on how people and companies use Apple’s products, or product announcements that I really don’t need to read because I have no money ;).
Today, though, Apple announced they were providing a 30-day trial of Aperture. Because I was curious if this trial prohibited the use of said product commercially (i.e., since you haven’t paid for it yet, you can’t turn a profit off of it), I read through the terms of use for the trial. Inside, I found a couple of amusing little statements that seem to have been taken from a boiler-plate Apple EULA (and even then, it’s still kind of funny…):
THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.
I also found a nice little note on the extent of the grant of license:
This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on one Apple-labeled desktop computer and one Apple-labeled laptop computer so long as both computers are owned and used by you.
Finally, someone who realizes that people own more than one computer these days!