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- From: richard@op.ph.ic.ac.uk (Richard Syratt )
- Subject: Re: Licence Transfers... who gives a damn?
- References: <1992Dec16.194212.491@rivers>
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- Organization: Imperial College, London University
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 10:58:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.194212.491@rivers>, ph9991_imm@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu writes:
- |> It's me again from Moo U, and I have a important question:
- |>
- |> I have a friend on this campus who's the ultimate left-wing supporter
- |> of copyrights, against piracy et al. He tells me that before buying
- |> ANY software from anybody here on the net, I should demand that the
- |> seller produce a software-licence-transfer-agreement form.
-
- Sounds like a receipt to me! Fairly reasonable thing to ask for, if
- you think you're going to need it. You'll have to ask your friend
- why he recommends you need one - I can't see it'll do you any good.
- He doesn't sound very left-wing - copyrights are definitely an
- individulistic concept (companies are individuals in the eyes of the
- law... BTW: did you know Justice doesn't wear a blindfold - you know
- the figure with the sword and the scales on the Old Bailey (London)).
-
- How
- |> realistic is this for you out there? How agreeable is everyone,
- |> (from a legal and ethical standpoint?) I honestly thought that if
- |> I could sell my friend copyrighted tapes or CD's, couldn't the same
- |> be applied to software?
-
- Er.. don't know. I'd have thought they'd be treated the same though,
- you're not supposed to resell anything copyrighted without permission from
- the holder, but as always, private deals are an exception.
-
- |>
- |> Yours Naively,
- |> L. Imm
- |> --
- |> larry.o.imm@uwrf.edu
-
- Richard
-