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Robert Shecter

OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English

17.10.2015

I decided to upgrade my Mac to El Capitan, but my computer said, on one condition: I must “carefully” read and agree with something. It even provided a ~~tiny~~ cozy display window for viewing it:

And so I did what anyone else would: I cleared my afternoon schedule and got right down to business; reading, carefully, the entire document. It turns out that I was much too pessimistic! I needed only 33 minutes.

I should note that I’m an attorney with a good understanding of license, trademark, and copyright law. I’m also a software developer with 20 years’ experience. So your own read-through may take more or less time, accordingly.

I thought it’d be a “fun” project to see what the “El Capitan License” actually says. Cool idea, huh? Kind of like spelunking through a cave that everyone says they’ve been through, but maybe no one really has. What will I find wedged in a wall or lurking in the dark around the next turn?

Update: Now in infographic form! — Update: Now as an infographic!

I can’t use the Capitan with illegal copies of anyone’s stuff.
Apple didn’t sell me this software. They still own it, in fact. I’m just borrowing it.
If I install more Apple software, those are on loan as well.
I can use the Capitan in two virtual Machines, and on one computer.
But these VM’s cannot be used for business. The only exception is for software developers (I guess they wouldn’t follow this rule anyways.)
I’ve got to read the separate rules that came with the fonts, and obey them. (I can only borrow those too.)
Those cool voices for the clock? — no remixing!
Slideshows made with Photo; same deal, don’t even think about using them for some commercial purpose.
I can’t sell access to my Mac via any kind of screen sharing.
I gotta run it on Apple hardware (no Hackintoshes).
I can’t help anyone else do that.
I can make one copy as a backup.
I can’t try to figure out the source code to any of this.
I gotta follow all my local laws while I’m using it. (!) (Really? Whereever I live?)
I can leave the software on the Mac if I sell it or give it away.
I better not use anyone else’s hacked version.
Apple isn’t responsible for my hurt feelings for anything I see on the web.
If I break any of these rules, this deal is over and I must immediately delete everything.
The Capitan comes as-is.
I can’t send it to Sudan.
I can’t operate a nuclear power plant with it.
I cannot, don’t even think about it, just plain can’t, make money from MPEG/H.264/AVC videos I create. For that, I need to buy another something from somebody.

There you are. I took one for the team.

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone for the great positive response and encouragement to write more.

Pascal Bourguignon

2015.10.17

Thank you very much. I was afraid I’d sold my soul to the devil. It’s not that bad.

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1. Ondra Hanslík
  
  2015.10.20
  
  Thanks God some of their rules are not compatible with the laws in my country. In my country, I can legally try to figure out the source code and diassemble everything I want.
  
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  1. Zingus J. Rinkle
    
    2015.10.20
    
    Those are called “vexatory clauses”. In my country we can make Hackintoshes.
Byaruhaf

2015.10.17

“I can’t send it to Sudan”. speaking as someone using a MAC in sudan this is sad.

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1. ern0 (@ern0plus4)
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Mac users in Sudan still have a chance to not to destroy their machimes (and the VMs): what do local laws say?
  
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2. BarryG
  
  2015.10.18
  
  I thought Sudan was ficticious, like Eurasia…
  
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3. iTomek
  
  2015.10.19
  
  China is on the list from 1989 and still full of Apple Retail Stores. ;)
  
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4. David C.
  
  2015.10.19
  
  I assume that, like other corporations, Apple has a special build of their software that can be exported to embargoed countries and will bundle with equipment sold to those countries. Typically, this means removing any and all encryption software, or at least removing all the secure ciphers.
  
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5. 白崎つぐみ
  
  2015.10.19
  
  Hey. Here is a country with the most iPhone iPad and many other Apple products sell value currently, in that embargoed list.
  
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6. andreaci86
  
  2015.10.30
  
  why this rule? what does apple have to do with sudan?
  
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  1. ktappe
    
    2015.11.04
    
    This is very likely a provision put in there by the U.S. government which considers the government of Sudan (and several other countries) to be sponsoring terrorists.
David Yasnoff

2015.10.17

Slow clap!

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1. Phil
  
  2015.10.19
  
  Try penicillin
  
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  1. looknclick
    
    2015.10.20
    
    Would it make it faster?
dzire187

2015.10.18

You the real MVP.

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Stepfel

2015.10.18

So all the people that make Youtube videos on a Mac and enable monetization are in violation of this license?

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.18
  
  That’s the first thing I thought of as well. Seems possible unless they purchased software with a professional mpeg license.
  
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  1. Adriano Farina (@xorgol)
    
    2015.10.18
    
    Wouldn’t using something like FFMPEG sidestep the problem?
2. TH
  
  2015.10.18
  
  No, you can. Google pays the licensing fees.
  
  If you were to create your own video platform, you’d be responsible for doing that.
  
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3. Jennifer
  
  2015.10.18
  
  It’s also theoretically possible they exported their YouTube video in a free format (I dunno, VP8/VP9 video) and then let YouTube handle the conversion to H.264.
  
  If we’re being honest, they probably exported and uploaded using H.264, but at least there is plausible deniability.
  
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4. No
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Not really. The video you upload is the transcoded by youtube. The original mpeg/h264/avc file is never served to anyone.
  
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5. Connor Matthews
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Isn’t iMovie, based on technicality, a separate product to El Capitan which may have separate conditions anyway?
  
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6. David C.
  
  2015.10.19
  
  Only if they do it with the bundled/free software (like iMovie). If they use something that includes the appropriate licenses, like Final Cut, then there’s no problem.
  
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7. andreaci86
  
  2015.10.30
  
  Yes xD
  
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sfermigier

2015.10.18

“I can’t try to figure out the source code to any of this.” -> Can’t apply in Europe, where:

“The authorisation of the rightholder is not required where reproduction of the code and translation of its form are indispensable to obtain the information necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, provided that the following conditions are met:
those acts are performed by the licensee or another person having a right to use a copy of a program;
the information necessary to achieve interoperability has not previously been readily available;
those acts are confined to the parts of the original program which are necessary in order to achieve interoperability.”

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:mi0016

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Excellent, thank you.
  
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2. Bret
  
  2015.10.21
  
  Technically not true. The instant you try to see the source code you have broken the user agreement and no longer have the “right to use the program.” Just saying.
  
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nickbouwhuis85

2015.10.18

Now do Windows 10 ;)

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1. John
  
  2015.10.18
  
  YOU do it!
  
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2. bts
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Why would anybody do Windows 10?
  
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  1. nomel (@nomel)
    
    2015.10.18
    
    bts, current stats by netmarketshare say more people use windows 10 than OSX. Why not?
  2. Jeff Dickey
    
    2015.10.19
    
    We’re all in use relationships with our various systems; the question of which way the arrow points at any given time is VERY open.
3. Robb
  
  2015.10.21
  
  Hi, Nick! I’d like to do plain-English translations of Microsoft licenses, but I don’t normally use Windows. I do, though, have a PC which should be Windows 10 compatible. So I’ve started a Patreon account to help pay for and OS update so I can review it: https://www.patreon.com/robbshecter
  
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John

2015.10.18

A lot of conditions from a billion dollar company who doesn’t take the time to figure out how to spell EL CAPITÁN properly.

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1. DavidR
  
  2015.10.18
  
  This is the company that’s been spelling McIntosh wrong for the last 31 years. ;)
  
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2. Jim E
  
  2015.10.18
  
  [checks spelling of El Capitan…]
  
  Nope. Apple’s spelling is correct. Apparently they did take the time.
  
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  1. Ashraf
    
    2015.10.18
    
    Apple however, got Windows logo incorrect :)
  2. John
    
    2015.10.18
    
    Sorry, but the word Capitán in Spanish has an acute accent over the second a, so it really is misspelt.
3. hebegeebee
  
  2015.10.18
  
  I believe it’s like “Los Angeles”: the American place name lost the Spanish diacritical.
  
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4. Jim E
  
  2015.10.18
  
  Apple (correctly) uses the English name, not the Spanish name. That makes it El Capitan, with any accent unceremoniously and unapologetically stripped out.
  
  Interestingly, I see that Apple also uses “El Capitan” on its Spanish web pages. If you want to charge “misspelling”, that’s where the argument perhaps could be made… but again, I’d disagree with it. If Apple wants to set the English name “El Capitan” as their global product name, that’s their business.
  
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  1. MikeP
    
    2015.10.19
    
    Many people don’t realize that English is a mongrel language that freely accepts words from other languages. Now, give how accents are extremely rare in English words, El Capitan is merely an anglicization of the Spanish El Capitán.
  2. nosillacast
    
    2015.10.19
    
    I think the point people miss on the accent issue is that the OS is named after a mountain in California, which for whatever reason was named without the accent. I know there’s even a petition about this to Apple but perhaps it should be directed at the trustees for the National Park system first if it’s such a critical argument!
  3. Robb
    
    2015.10.19
    
    Now that’s something I didn’t know – thanks!
5. Neal
  
  2015.10.19
  
  Since El Capitan is the name of a mountain in a National Park, I’m sure they can spell it how they want – with or without the acute accent.
  
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Olivier

2015.10.18

So theoretically I am allowed to run 10-20 VMs of el capitan on a mac hardware ? given these VMs are from different el capitan copies ?

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.18
  
  I’m pretty sure that’s not the case: it’s not the physical copies of the software that’s important anymore, it’s the contract (license) you enter in to with Apple to use El Capitan in the first place.
  
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Tim

2015.10.18

Only 1 backup?! Whoops

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1. nosillacast
  
  2015.10.19
  
  That’s what I noticed too – having both a local and an offsite clone backup is illegal?
  
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2. nosillacast
  
  2015.10.19
  
  I took notice of that point as well – I guess we’re allowed to have an offsite backup but ONLY of our data, not a clone? I feel so risky and dangerous breaking the rules!
  
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singhrmnprt

2015.10.18

Haha.. i like the tone of the article. You really took one for the team.. thanks man.

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nonameisme

2015.10.18

This all software, just not Apple. You license it. Same as the music we “but”.

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Josiah Sprague

2015.10.19

I find 8 and 22 surprising, and I’d bet there are thousands of people who break those on a regular basis.

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Bob

2015.10.19

Very nice. This should be available for all agreements. there should be a site. aipe.com seems to be available ;)

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Terry Lawrence

2015.10.19

What a relief. I thought after I hit ‘Agree’ Apple now owned my house and I was just squatting here with my (their) Mac.

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emileriksson76

2015.10.19

re # 7. Do that mean that i can not use audiofiles of the speech text i output, comercially? I have several games in the pipeline that i cant afford to hire voice actors for, so I thought i could procedurally generate audio via built-in voices. and then basicly remix the output manually making inflections etc manually. Would this be breaking the apple EULA, then radiohead did it many years ago! I think radiohead still is on music. Did they then have to make a licencing deal?

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1. HMage (@hmage)
  
  2015.10.19
  
  Radiohead most likely paid separately to use that voice.
  
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  1. Robb
    
    2015.10.19
    
    That’s definitely possible.
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Wayne WiechArt

2015.10.19

For your Pro Bono efforts, Thank You!

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Soni

2015.10.19

How is 8 reasonable?

“Slideshows made with Photo; same deal, don’t even think about using them for some commercial purpose.”

I mean, seriously?! I can’t use slideshows made with *my own photos* for commercial purposes?! How can this be legal *anywhere*?!

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.19
  
  The issue is all the graphics and sound effects which Apple provides in the templates.
  
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白崎つぐみ

2015.10.19

Let me take some time to comment some of those plain English version EULA points one by one.
I can’t use the Capitan with illegal copies of anyone’s stuff. (Downloaded from third party sites? Torrented?)
Apple didn’t sell me this software. They still own it, in fact. I’m just borrowing it. (OK)
If I install more Apple software, those are on loan as well. (OK)
I can use the Capitan in two virtual Machines, and on one computer. (Not my case)
But these VM’s cannot be used for business. The only exception is for software developers (I guess they wouldn’t follow this rule anyways.)
I’ve got to read the separate rules that came with the fonts, and obey them. (I can only borrow those too.) (OK)
Those cool voices for the clock? — no remixing! (Often mute Mac sound so here is no need. Plus I would use my own sound rather than integrated one if possible)
Slideshows made with Photo; same deal, don’t even think about using them for some commercial purpose. (OK, OK)
I can’t sell access to my Mac via any kind of screen sharing. (Kind of confusing. Lend computer access to others?)
I gotta run it on Apple hardware (no Hackintoshes). (Oh)
I can’t help anyone else do that. (Do what? Helping others installing hackintosh? )
I can make one copy as a backup. (I need multi level backup)
I can’t try to figure out the source code to any of this. (Oh. What is the correct definition of “code”?)
I gotta follow all my local laws while I’m using it. (!) (Really? Whereever I live?) (oh, what should I follow? And if local law conflicts with this EULA what should I do?)
I can leave the software on the Mac if I sell it or give it away. (Oh)
I better not use anyone else’s hacked version. (Oh. Hey, if I hack it by myself?)
Apple isn’t responsible for my hurt feelings for anything I see on the web. (No needs or your responsibility thank you)
If I break any of these rules, this deal is over and I must immediately delete everything. (Oh. Then what about Mac? Install Windows? )
The Capitan comes as-is. (OK)
I can’t send it to Sudan. (Not my case)
I can’t operate a nuclear power plant with it. (Not my case, and laughable for me)
I cannot, don’t even think about it, just plain can’t, make money from MPEG/H.264/AVC videos I create. For that, I need to buy another something from somebody. (OK. Never use such feature except a few iPhone screen recording)
There you are. I took one for the team.

These comments are not at the author of this blog article, but at EULA itself.

And if we count this, lots of people, especially those hackintosh users, should immediately stop using Mac OS X.

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lynnfredricks

2015.10.19

Not nearly as bad as I expected. Are any of these points a surprise? For me, that they’ve already preemptively removed Cuba – unless you missed that one.

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.19
  
  I used Sudan as a stand-in for all the embargoed countries because I liked the alliteration, “… send to Sudan …”
  
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James

2015.10.19

I don’t think that I have *ever* read any license. In simple English most are a version of: “We’re protected, you’re not!”

Robb, you’re my hero for doing this. Sorry you spent 33 minutes in Apple Hell.

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BrianM

2015.10.19

One copy? even though Time Machine now allows multiple backup locations… hmmm

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Robert Latterman

2015.10.19

Over the years we have always been at the total mercy of the one sided software user agreement(s)…… at any time we can be switched off by Apple or whomever the ‘agreement’ is with…. scary stuff….

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Alphaman

2015.10.19

Awesome stuff. Now, let’s get the lawyer to look at GoOgle’s Terms of Service for Chrome and Chrome OS (https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/privacy/eula_text.html). My IT-Pro take is I’m not a lawyer, but I’d love for a lawyer to look at things like:

Section 4.4: If GoOgle chooses, they can disable your account and you lose access to all your files, with no recourse.
Google may “…pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service”. They can filter and block content to your computer, as well as eavesdrop on any information sent through their software. They can also modify content when it’s displayed on screen. And you won’t know they’ve done it.
“Google gives you a personal, … non-exclusive license to use the software provided … you may not … copy” the Software and “you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software”, meaning IT departments cannot install the software for use by the public on a public computer. GoOgle wants to know who its tracking, so they only allow personal licenses.
“You agree to receive such updates (and permit Google to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services”. If you don’t want to update the software, even to a minor or any major revision, you must uninstall it.
Even terminating your use of Google’s service will not stop Google from using your information, per Section 12.4, “When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities … shall be unaffected by this cessation” That is unless you successfully sue. In court. In Santa Clara county. Good luck with that.
Google may inject ads into any web browser session per section 16.3, “you agree that Google may place such advertising on the Services”.
You not only agree to Google’s TOS, but also Adobe’s, which includes gems like 1(c) “The Chrome-Reader Software may not be used to render any PDF or EPUB documents that utilize digital rights management protocols or systems other than Adobe DRM”.
Per section 7.2, “You may not… create derivative works… based in whole or part” from any content obtained through the web browser or Chrome OS without express, written permission from Google or the content provider. US Constitution be damned.

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Joseph Hertzlinger

2015.10.19

You can’t operate a nuclear power plant with it?
UNFAIR!

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strangegothdude

2015.10.20

I also want to say thanks for your work on this – it makes interesting reading!!

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Nikola Svitlica

2015.10.20

This was a nice reading 4 sure. I was wandering could you please do iTunes as well? Especially because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ23kosLFec :D Thank you.

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Francis Kim

2015.10.20

Why doesn’t Apple and/or other companies just do this?! :P

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Kim Foder

2015.10.24

High time someone are doing this.

Here we have been discussing the ethics in asking the user to accept a license written in what is in practice juristic nonsense for the layman.

Most of us could be selling our soul without knowing, even if we read the license agreement, because we simply do not understand what it says.

Of course the companies have to protect their investments, but whats wrong with presenting the license agreement in layman’s terms with a link to the juristic document for those who can understand it?

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John F. Passerby

2015.10.24

You are improving society. The world needs more people like you.

… don’t forget your own disclaimer that these posts are not legal advice ;)

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1. Robb
  
  2015.10.25
  
  Thanks, John. I really appreciate the sentiment. And yep, I do need to protect myself.
  
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2015.11.26

[…] Lawyer/developer, Robb Schecter read the El Capitan user agreement to figure out what it means – among other things it means you don’t own the software. More here. […]

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OS X El Capitan License in Plain English | Makzan

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[…] Link: OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English […]

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