Just because it is there does no mean people will notice it.
It is is middle of of "discalimer" text. People do not read disclaimer text. If you read first line you can be quite expected to go "yeah, it is indie, it is not like i can expect this to be perfect", and skip reading everything up to green "F9" that is actually what you look for ("go away, disclaimer screen, i want to play, not read semi-eulas!").
The chances that people who don't have enough time to read such a text will actually sit down with the wiki and actively try to learn how to play DF is very, very, very low I'd reckon.
Not really. It is not about "not having enough time to read it", it is about "identifying worthless wall of text and skipping it".
Simply put, helpfull info is disguised as disclaimer. Do not mistake skipping that with impatience.
Exactly. How many Disclaimers/EULAs has anyone here actually read in their lifetime?
But by not doing so, you're opening yourself up for major problems.
The EULA allows them to do anything they want. Anything.
"By installing this software, you, the client, agree to allow Urist McCompany to log all keys pressed on the computer upon which the software is installed."
And nobody ever notices because they don't read the EULA.
So it's time to start.
Maybe not quite that far, but seriously, some of the most malicious things that happen to the average computer are actually the things you think would be the safest.
EULA is just scary boogeyman, it has little court value. Pressing "agree" button does not constitute valid, legaly binding contract or anything of similar value, pressing button is not consent. You have to actually sign paper or say personally that you agreed to it in from of judge, otherwise you can do digital version of wiping your but with it.
Companies mostly gamble of fact that "legal stuff" will cow opposition to submission in case of endusers, or that it will not be worth it to defend against legal onslaught in case of companies.
Only time EULA was valid in course was "Blizzard vs BNETD" when BNETD did major mistake of claiming he agreed to it.
Dodgy program will likely not have "hey, i am keylogger" spelled out that way anyway, and pretty much any current software has eula that would allow it, legal boilerplate is pretty bloated nowadays. And yes, even if you press agree button, you can sue em if they try it and you had not reasonable expectation that this would not happen. You did not consicouly give them right to spy on you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconscionability If you want to be safe with software, you should rather do research on it than to trust company to provide you all the info you need.