Re: Installation

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:29:52 +0200
lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:

> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > In this context, any problem with the definition of "copy" is
> > irrelevant; you cannot legally (under US law) transfer *any* version of
> > the software, "original" or "copy", to anyone else without the
> > copyright holder's permission, as you have not purchased the software
> > but merely licensed it.
> 
> You were talking about copies.  Anyway, I didn't sign any license for
> the software, so I haven't licensed it.  What I have is a license to use
> the software which I didn't even want to have, and anyone can buy it.
> If the law says that I can't sell it without the permission of whoever
> is allowed to issue the license in the first place, then the law should
> require the issuer to buy the license back from me or allow me to sell
> it.

I don't know about what the law should say, but what it (US law) does
say is pretty clear.

> Imagine you bought a car that has software in it and the car is built in
> such a way that it doesn't function without the software --- which
> unfortunately is the case for pretty much every car built somewhat
> recently.  You probably have a license to use that software.  You can't
> ever legally sell the car unless you remove the software first.
> 
> Now go to a junkyard and ask them for an ECM of some particular car.
> I'm sure they'll sell it to you if they have it, with all the software
> included.

I think we've pretty much exhausted this topic, so I'm going to just
let it drop.

Celejar