On May 24, 4:25 pm, Gordon <blub...@penguin.myplace.com> wrote:
> On 2008-05-23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>
> > After all, if you're trying to resell software, that automatically means you
> > must be a pirate, right?
>
> Not in all cases.After all the GPL allows one to receive money in exchange
> for the software.
GPL'd software is entirely different. With GPL'd software the money
is to cover the cost and media of making the software available for
sale. There is no charge per se for the intellectual property.
People will pay $35 to Philip Charles for a DVD containing GPL'd
software for convenience. There is nothing to stop you burning a copy
of the DVD he supplies for your friend or even selling it at $10 at a
flea market etc.
The issue the OP raised related to a vendor of proprietary software to
prevent the resale of the product, or to put it another way to forbid
the assignment of the licence. It is probable that courts may allow
assignment unless the vendor has good reason not to and there is
probably no good reason with respect to shrinkwrap software or even
more so a computer loaded with the software (after all it is Microsoft
who wants its OS on every possible PC).
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