Common license terms

An end-user license agreement (EULA) is a legally binding contract between the licensor (often a software or technology provider) and the end user (the consumer or business licensing the product). It…

Fake lifetime license is a marketing scam in which customers are misled and/or blatantly lied to, with respect to the expiration date of a license they acquired. This is distinct from post-purchase…

Forced arbitration is a practice in which businesses can require their customers to resolve disputes through arbitration, instead of a traditional court system.

A game-of-telephone is a children's game that originates from China; where a starting message is passed through to multiple people. Then once the final message has been passed it's compared against…

Main article: End-user license agreement End-User License Agreements are often purposefully obfuscated through legal and technical language to hide terms and permissions that negatively affect the…

Lifetime licenses (also known as perpetual licenses, or one-time purchases) are granted for software that many consumers and businesses rely upon daily for the simple fact that it is more affordable…

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract or part of a contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share…

Main article: End user license agreement Post-purchase end-user license agreement (EULA) modification is when the terms that govern a customer’s use of a product or service are modified after the…

Retroactive policy enforcement is a subset of the behaviors of EULA modifications after purchase. It occurs when companies or platforms introduce new rules, policies, or enforcement mechanisms and…

Terms of service (ToS), also known as terms of use (ToU) and terms and conditions (T&C), are the legal agreements between service providers and their consumers. The person must agree to the ToS in…