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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Legality of "old" software disposition
Keywords: Old versions, sharing software
Message-ID: <1692@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 89 03:48:14 GMT
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Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR.
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As of a year ago, Microsoft's stand was that when you receive your
upgrade you are supposed to *destroy* the old version of the software.
You *definitely* may NOT transfer it to someone else unless you give
them the upgrade too (leaving you with nothing...)

On the other hand, Borland's stand is that you can do whatever you
please with the old version. If you upgrade to version X, you can
sell, give away, whatever, your copy of version x-1. 
-- 
Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
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"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools.
Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short