Re: What are the chances of a Replica II project?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <ea9b2s$di4$1@theodyn.ncf.ca>,
Michael Black <et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>Matthew Russotto (russotto@grace.speakeasy.net) writes:
>> In article <VYGdnRa819gp_FvZnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>But many software licenses (like firmware) are restricted as to the
>>>class of hardware they can be used on.  For example, software licensed
>> 
>> Licensing?  The copy of the firmware in the computer was purchased,
>> not licensed.
>> 
>Licensed as in "OSI bought a license for Microsoft BASIC for their
>computers", and maybe specifically mentioning ROM.  OSI may have bought
>source code (I don't know), but they did not have the right to sell a
>general Microsoft BASIC to the population at large.

Doesn't matter; the _end user_ didn't license anything, they bought a
copy of the software.

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