• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Most countries in the EU don’t allow for consumer rights to be overridden by an EULA.

    Similarly, I can’t have a contract with you to murder me. It’s illegal and me being a willing participant in it does not make it legal, even if I sign a contract.

    An EULA is legally binding, but only the parts that aren’t in conflict with consumer rights, meaning most of any EULA is going to be invalid.

      • TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        Maybe not, but this entire sub thread is about trade secrets (which I think we all agree are not relevant here), and not contract law.

        • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
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          3 hours ago

          Trade secrets necessarily have to be analyzed under the protections of contract law.

          Something can only be a trade secret if the purported owner of that proprietary information protects the confidentiality of that information, including through contractual restrictions. That’s why I’m talking about contracts when asking whether trade secret protections apply.