Don't Even Think About Using iTunes to Design Nuclear Weapons. Seriously.
This is quite possibly the ultimate case of CYA ("cover your *ss") ever. But at least it clarifies what you can and cannot do with iTunes and QuickTime.
I'm not sure how long this section of the EULA for iTunes has been there, but it's clear: you can't use iTunes and QuickTime (since the installers are now combined), at least on Windows, in the
development, design, manufacture of production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.Does that include collarteral use, say for example a researcher is working on a new missile and using iTunes and an iPod for some leisurely think tank music?
And which of the products prompted this warning, QuickTime or iTunes? I'm trying to determine which one of them would be more useful in creating a nuclear weapon, but coming up blank.
At any rate, we all know how litigious Apple is, so I'd take this seriously.
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Yes, it does include listening to your iPod while developing nuclear weapons as you agree not to use the products without limitation in the development thereof.
Also, it relates to both iTunes and QuickTime as the agreement refers to these products.
Personally, I don't use iTunes or the iPod because they are both a load of rubbish. In terms of audio quality (stuff the features or the design, I use my MP3 player to listen to music, not to look cooler than my neighbour), the Sony NWZ range is far superior and I find it almost criminal the way the iPod is linked to iTunes so that you can't use the one without the other. It's analogous to say, Toshiba making a cassette player that only plays cassettes made by Toshiba and no other brand. It's a massive pile of BS.
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