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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
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Posted: Tue Jul 21 16:42:03 1987
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Reply-To: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman)
Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc.
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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.