Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!ucbcad!ucbvax!UNKNOWN:vmicro1 From: UNKNOWN:vmicro1@ucbvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: "user software" Message-ID: <150@ucbtopaz.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 14:02:56 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.150 Posted: Fri Jun 3 14:02:56 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 22:58:58 EDT Lines: 6 The key is "reselling". The critical difference between, say, reselling a comic book, and "reselling" a program, is that a comic book is a unique item. If someone decided to make a copy of a book and sell it, he would be violating copyright; if he sold his own copy, he would not be in violation. Another analogy: Giving away a dollar bill is kosher. Making a copy of one is not. josh