disk equals license - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Feb 1998

I Must dissagree. The person who willfully sell's the product and surrenders
the original's to you has transferred the license. It is the original
purchaser who is wrong.  He has obligated himself at that point to remove
the software from his machine, or he shouldn't have sold the license in the
firstplace.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Allison &lt;mallison(a)konnections.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: disk equals license

...
 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