Re: New Apple II SuperSite Online

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <39FDCFCB.F417BFF7@dcnet2000.com>,
Phoenyx  <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:
}
}There are some copyright that restrict the transferal of the software
}by any means, even reselling it or giving it away. 

Not enforcable for shrink-wrap software in most states.  (exceptions
are those which have passed UCITA).

}These developers expect the software to be destroyed instead. It's
}even possible that some of these eula's would restrict using the
}software on the same system after upgrading. In the case where most
}of the hardware is replaced, the computer is no longer the one in
}which the software was purchased for. Of course, all of this is
}dependent upon the legalese interpretation. 

Also not enforcable.

}A large part of the problem is our belief of ownership. We tend to feel
}that purchasing a program is actually buying the program itself which is
}seldom, if ever, the case. Some folks tend to get confused when trying
}to
}understand the fact that they are actually buying the right to use the
}program. This is an insubstantial thing compared to the disk/program
}which they can hold in their hand or manipulate with their computer.

Most people think -- correctly -- that they have bought _a copy_ of the
program, shrink-wrap licenses notwithstanding.  An owner of a legal copy of
a copyrighted work is accorded certain rights by copyright law,
including the right to re-sell, give away, or use that copy, as well
as (in the case of computer software) to make archival copies. The courts have
typically stuck with this -- UCITA is an attempt to change that.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."