Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 00:49:28 08/08/01
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On August 08, 2001 at 03:14:40, Alberto Rezza wrote: >On August 07, 2001 at 15:55:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>I think that you probably know that your position is flawed, but you are lying >>to yourself for whatever reason. > >Of course I know it is flawed! There's always the possibility that my wife >should turn on the computer while I'm at the office.. > >But do you remember, for instance, the old "Borland no-nonsense licence >agreement"? Which said you could use the program on as many computers as you >liked, "as long as there is NO POSSIBILITY of" it being used on more than one at >a time? > >As far as I know, no one has ever had the guts to stand up against big guys like >Microsoft in court. So it remains to be proved wether a license has any validity >which tries to put more limitations on your use of a program than you would have >with any other copyrighted work, like a book. For whatever reason I've gotten into some pretty intense argument/discussion with others about this, and the topic has migrated a bit, and I'd like to let you know that I'm not talking about you in those sub-threads. I know little about copyright law. If it's not possible to sell a book under the condition that all readers must read it while hopping on one foot, perhaps it's not possible to stipulate that the purchaser must install it on precisely one computer, and that the license is not transferrable, etc. It makes sense that they'd be able to do this, but I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know. bruce > >Moreover, laws may be different in different countries. > >So my position may be flawed, but what I say does make a lot of sense. And >Microsoft knows it well. So they don't want you to transfer a licence to a new >computer. And they don't want you to transfer it to somebody else, even if you >keep no copy for yourself. And so on.. Allowing any of these would make the >whole thing illogical. Actually, THEY are the real pirates. > >I think the original title of this thread was more correct than the current one >:) > >Alberto > >P. S. I have two computers now, a desktop and a notebook. Both are running the >same pirated copy of Windows 2000. However, having changed quite a few computers >along the years, I have here no less than FIVE original Windows licenses, now >useless - that's without counting the old DOS licences. Four times, buying a new >PC, I had to pay Microsoft for a copy of Windows that was IDENTICAL - same >version, no upgrade - to the one I already had. Honestly - I repeat, HONESTLY - >I think I have given Bill Gates enough money already!
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