21 Jul
2001
21 Jul
'01
10:44 a.m.
My guess would be that the university does not want to make the
mistake of selling software they don't 'own', but had licensed.
I beleive that some operating systems (like from DEC) are never
'sold', and cannot be transfered to a third party.
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, John Foust wrote:
A number of scenarios went through my mind...
hiding the disks,
claiming they were manuals (although I suspect they can't sell
the manuals, either) etc., but I just chalked it up to
NOT "MANUALS"!!!
"BOOKS"!
In many such situations, "Manuals" can not be sold. But "Books"
can.
There is something incomprehensibly mystical about the "laws" regarding
software and even manuals. But "everybody knows" that used books are
transferrable.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com