Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ptsfa!dual!unisoft!cerebus!fai!stevem From: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C Message-ID: <634@fai.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 16:42:03 EDT Article-I.D.: fai.634 Posted: Tue Jul 21 16:42:03 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 06:08:58 EDT References: <381@aucs.UUCP> <875@kodak.UUCP> <1206@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <1116@killer.UUCP> <1119@killer.UUCP> Reply-To: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc. Lines: 40 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:5916 misc.legal:2209 In article <1119@killer.UUCP> toma@killer.UUCP (Tom Armistead) writes: >> In article <305@ashtate.UUCP>, cy@ashtate.UUCP (Cy Shuster) writes: >> > In article <1060@killer.UUCP> toma@killer.UUCP (Tom Armistead) writes: >> > >Now that I have Turbo C, I have sold my copy of MSC 4.0, >> > >for about $100.00. >> > >Take the money you made selling MSC 4.0 and if you work it right, you >> > >will be able to buy Turbo C, MIX C and C trace. >> > > >> > >Tom ... >> > Just a reminder: most software is not *sold* to you, but *licensed* for >> > your use only. The MS License Agreement reads: "As the LICENSEE, you own >> > [ text deleted ] > >Well, I was the one who originally posted this, so here I go... >( Asbestos suit on) >I did not the license agreement to MSC, I sold the magnetic media and the paper >in the manuals for an unGodly amount and that's that! That's entirely legal -- the buyer just has no license, and therefore has no right to USE the software. >... > >Something else that I thought kind of interesting, when I sent back my license >agreement to MS, I scratched aout quite a few lines on the agreement and >sent a signed copy of that agreement back to them at leaste a year and ahalf >ago and never heard a word from them... > Doesn't mean a thing. Actually signing and sending back the license is not required. Note that the package containing the software was shrink-wrapped and labeled with the words "By opening this package, you accept the terms and conditions of the license agreement," or words to that effect. -- Steven A. Minneman (Fujitsu America Inc, San Jose, Ca) !seismo!amdahl!fai!stevem The best government is no government at all.