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From: mingo@cup.portal.com (Charles Hawkins Mingo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mac emulator
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Date: 5 Nov 90 01:07:09 GMT
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>fausett@aivax.radc.af.mil (Mark Fausett) writes:
> 
>>       Think of prerecorded videotapes, which also involve a limited license.
>>You can't (legally) duplicate them, charge admission for a screening, or
>>rent them out (special versions sold to video staors have different license).
> 
>But the question is whether the license on the video tape should be able
>to limit you to only playing the video tape on a particular brand of VCR.

	The import of the comparison with videotapes was that software licenses
can (and often do) contain restrictive conditions concerning use.  

	You may be aware that Nintendo game cartridges are sold subject to the
condition that they only be used on Nintendo machines, and this restriction 
has been repeatedly upheld.

	Software licenses are simply a contract between the vendor and the
purchaser; courts routinely enforce such conditions, absent any overriding
public policy considerations (which no one has suggested here).