Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!lll-tis!lll-lcc!unisoft!hoptoad!academ!killer!tad From: tad@killer.UUCP (Tad Marko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C Message-ID: <1116@killer.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 19:42:39 EDT Article-I.D.: killer.1116 Posted: Thu Jul 9 19:42:39 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 18:00:28 EDT References: <381@aucs.UUCP> <875@kodak.UUCP> <1206@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <305@ashtate.UUCP> Organization: The Unix(tm) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 52 Summary: selling software Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:5591 misc.legal:2119 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 > >------- > >UUCP: ihnp4\ > > \killer!toma > > infoswx!convex!dj3b1/ > >Tom Armistead > > 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 > the magnetic or other media on which the SOFTWARE is originally or subse- > quently recorded or fixed, but Microsoft retains title and ownership of the > SOFTWARE recorded on the original disk and all subsequent copies... In no > event may you transfer, assign, rent, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of > the SOFTWARE..." > > --Cy-- cy@ashtate.UUCP (First of all, I know this is in the wrong group, but I want to leave it where it started.) Yeah, but... Personally I have a problem with this policy. What purpose does this have? If I buy a copyrighted book, I am free to resell it whenever I want. Why not software? It is a valuable piece of merchandise like anything else, and selling does not create an illicit copy. Ford does not sell cars that only the original buyer may own. A program is no less a piece of property than a car. Unless I misunderstand, one could legally sell his or her copy of Turbo C under the license agreement. Why can't other companies adopt such a simple and sensical policy? I think such a policy is rude, obnoxious, and just plain wrong. Unfortunately, I must put up with several pieces of software with such license policies because I need the software. GACK! I feel better now. Tad -- Tad Marko ..!ihnp4!killer!tad || ..!ihnp4!alamo!infoswx!ntvax!tad UNIX Connection BBS AT&T 3B2 North Texas State U. VAX 11/780 "Hi there!" -- Peter Gabriel in "Big Time"