11 Feb
1998
11 Feb
'98
9:59 a.m.
Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote:
No, it's not necessarily a legit copy. Autodesk sold one license
of the software, not one for each upgrade. You can't give away your
old disks if you upgrade. Licenses do not multiply when you upgrade.
OK, let's
say I pull an old PC and some boxes out of a dumpster, and
there's a set of original AutoCAD Release 9 disks. By your rule, how
can I tell if I own a legit copy or not?
Real simple. It they're original disks then it's a legit copy! Doesn't
matter if it came from a dumpster or not. But unless you specificly agreed to that BEFORE you
bought the software
they can't hold you to it. The shrink-wrapped "agreements" are completely
worthless. The US federal courts have made that ruling several times.
Leaving aside your quick dismissal of swaths of software precedent,
how exactly do you define "separate, licensed copies of software"?
Your "disk equals license" rule seems far too wishy-washy to me.
What's special about a disk? Are you saying that every copy a
company sends you is a separate "copy" that can be given away?
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>