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by EMIRELADERO 1439 days ago
> ToS/EULAs make a big difference. They're the reason Blizzard could shut down bnetd's StarCraft server. They're why no one can legally reverse engineer Oracle to create a drop-in replacement, despite interoperability provisions.

Strictly referencing EULAs for user-owned copies of software here, not ToS:

That is not true. The Blizzard court clearly erred in not considering unconscionability when analyzing the EULA. As for Oracle, the interoperability provisions are what overrides that part of the EULA.