Re: TWGS EPROM v1.8 Archive Available

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

"R.A.Guy" wrote:

> I have discussed the licensing agreement that is printed on software envelopes
> with several attorneys. Basically, they would probably "NOT" hold up in court.
>

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> . To date, I know of no court case that has come from
> failure to comply with the printing on the envelope.
>
> Rudy  "LJSilicon"

Memory isn't always safe, but it seems to me that I remember some fair sized
companies that were successfully sued by Lotus, for buying a copy of 1-2-3, and
then copying both the software and the manuals and distributing them around the
company. I think this was c. 1987.

Licensing is really terms of sale. If you don't agree, don't buy. You don't own
the software, you own the right to use it, under the terms of the sale. Some
software allows you to copy for all your computers, so long as only one is in use
at a time (WordPerfect was one of the first to do this.) Some don't allow you to
resell, some do if you turn over all disks and manuals. You really need to read
the terms of the sale to see what the conditions were, and then find out if  they
apply in your state.

Roy