Layout change can make licensing agreements more agreeable
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Changing the layout of long and tedious software licensing agreements may not only make those agreements more understandable, but may even make the users like them more, according to Penn State researchers. Participants in a study found that end-user licensing agreements, called EULAs, that contained simpler language and were divided into several pages—paraphrased EULAs—enjoyed increased understanding among end users, according to the researchers.