>>I would like clearer EULAs for software. But your analogy falls apart where most software license vs products fall apart. You buy a light bulb, not the rights to use a light bulb. With software, you buy the rights, not the software itself, hence the wording of the licensing. Also, keep in mind that lawyers write the EULA. I've been conviced for sometime that law school takes many years not so that the laws are learned, but so that they can learn to write ambiguous documents.
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>I was actually referring to the installation of a light fixture where you actually have to connect fixture wires to your electrical wiring. I see perfectly well where those instructions are very clear and concisely written and no doubt approved by corporate lawyers so the company does not get sued by some widow because her DIY husband was electrocuted if the end-user documents had been purposely ambiguous (as in a EULA). The analogy was in the clarity of what is provided with the product, not wheter it a right-to-use versus an outright purchase.

Probably the EULAs are written by contracted lawyers, so it's not Mocrosoft's fault anyway < s >

Have a Merry Christmas, Mark.