At 12:25 PM 7/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Better check your license agreement and see whether it's "transferable"
>before you try and sell it.

Does that imply there are software licenses - ie sales that are only
ever valid for one person/entity.

If I buy - say a PCB design package - use it for a while then decide to
sell it (and naturally not use a backup copy of it) then surely I
cannot be prevented under any legal circumstances from selling it.

Of course it would be illegal to continue using it if I'd sold it.

In Australia its illegal to restrict sales of any goods that are not
dangerous or of military value etc - and if its found that a clause
in a sales document is illegal it does not preclude the original
purchase. ie If one of the terms of a purchase is that it cannot be
on sold then the clause which is illegal is considered void and does
not prevent its sale.

I also understand that USA Federal consumer law is very similar to
Australia Federal consumer law. In fact there are also several USA
extensions due to the Bill of Rights which we do not have in Oz.

So I would think that Andy can legally sell his package regardless
of any badly worded clause which may suggest a restriction.

Can some-one from EXECPC diplomatically clarify this without
overwhelming list members with a duplicate copy of the entire
license ?

Rgds

Mike
Perth, Western Australia


Some say there is no magic but, all things begin with thought then it becomes
academic, then some poor slob works out a practical way to implement all that
theory, this is called Engineering - for most people another form of magic.
                                                                       Massen