12 Feb
1998
12 Feb
'98
1:06 p.m.
I'd say you have the right to purchase a
"previous version 1st disk
required" upgrade of the product. You have the disks and the manuals, and
the imaginary license laying right next to it, that the previous owner of
the software threw away along with his right to upgrade.
Here's a question... Let's say my friend, who has a legal copy of xyz
software, buys the upgrade version of xyz 2.0. He installs it, it checks
for the previous version, and all is right with the world. He then gives
me his old xyz 1.0 disks. I install it, purchase the upgrade, etc.
Who (if anyone) is wrong?
Now, let's say, we've both upgraded, and I give him back his original
disks. Am I now a pirate? Was I a pirate before? Or was he the pirate
before?
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12 Feb
12 Feb
2:22 p.m.
At 09:06 PM 2/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
He is. Having the original version was a condition to him being allowed
to buy the upgrade.
I'd say you
have the right to purchase a "previous version 1st disk
required" upgrade of the product. You have the disks and the manuals, and
the imaginary license laying right next to it, that the previous owner of
the software threw away along with his right to upgrade.
Here's a question... Let's say my friend, who has a legal copy of xyz
software, buys the upgrade version of xyz 2.0. He installs it, it checks
for the previous version, and all is right with the world. He then gives
me his old xyz 1.0 disks. I install it, purchase the upgrade, etc.
Who (if anyone) is wrong?
Now, let's say, we've both upgraded, and I give him back his original
disks. Am I now a pirate?
Yes. The same reason apples as above, you must have original version as
a condition to have/use the upgrade.
Was I a pirate before?
Not really. You legally owned the old version.
Or was he the pirate
before?
Yes.
He installs it, it checks
for the previous version, and all is right with the world.
That says it all. You must have the old version as a condition to have
the upgrade.
My $0.02 worth.
Joe
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Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
4:28 p.m.
Uncle Roger wrote:
Here's a question... Let's say my friend, who
has a legal copy of xyz
software, buys the upgrade version of xyz 2.0. He installs it, it checks
for the previous version, and all is right with the world. He then gives
me his old xyz 1.0 disks. I install it, purchase the upgrade, etc.
Who (if anyone) is wrong?
Now, let's say, we've both upgraded, and I give him back his original
disks. Am I now a pirate? Was I a pirate before? Or was he the pirate
before?
You're wrong (in this case) You stole the upgrade from the company
because you didn't have the right to the upgrade. Then you stole the
upgrade. You now have a free copy running on your machine.
You didn't pay for the original disks (not a crime) but the SINGLE
entitlement to the upgrade was already used. You have no further right
to upgrade....
-Mike
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