In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn"t just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He"s made a mockery of end user licensing agreements."
As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple"s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than "a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you"re violating the license.
According to Jonathan Kramer, a tech-minded attorney with the Kramer Telecom Law Firm, you aren"t in any legal danger if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC. Apple can"t enforce a contract clause that doesn"t make sense. "We call this an impossibility issue," Kramer told us. "You can"t enforce a term that"s impossible."