On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:36:35 +0200, scott wrote:

>> Absolutely, but it's quite funny that the law requires Apple put such
>> verbiage in the EULA when it's pretty well known that those
>> organisations who would use the technology for nefarious purposes won't
>> be deterred by a bunch of legalese.
> 
> It's more to prevent otherwise legally-acting companies from doing
> military stuff with other countries without control from the government.
>  Without the disclaimer, a company could (to quote the example already
> given) extract the accelerometers from iPods and sell them to a
> missile-making company, completely avoiding any government control on
> such devices.

Oh, yeah, I understand the intent.  It's just really silly to read.

> AIUI, in the UK at least, if you export some technology or a product
> that even has a remote chance of being able to be used for some military
> purpose, then you need to go through a lot more hoops with the
> government.

Yep, same here in the US.

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