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Safari licence mistakes PC for an Apple

By Martin LaMonica and Liam Tung, CNET News.com
March 28, 2008
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Safari-licence-mistakes-PC-for-an-Apple/0,130061733,339287723,00.htm

Apple today fixed a clause in its licence agreement for Windows users who download its Safari browser — the clause restricted the software to a "single Apple-labeled computer".

"The software allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time," read Apple's Safari-for-Windows software licence yesterday.

Publishers of an Italian legal Web site settleB.IT notified UK tech publication The Register about the error yesterday and have called it a "mockery of end-user agreements".

Apple has since corrected the licence agreement to mention Windows PCs.

In June, Apple began promising Windows users a more colourful Web experience through Safari-for-Windows.

However, Apple was critcised heavily last week from users and Mozilla — maker of the now rival browser, Firefox — for its practice of pre-filling the check box for users to accept Safari-for-Windows as part of its update service for iTunes.

Also, yesterday two flaws were discovered in Safari-for-Windows that were labeled highly critical by security researchers.

Liam Tung of ZDNet.com.au contributed to this story.