Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.dal.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: LEGALITY OF SELLING SOFTWARE Message-ID: <1991Feb1.145402.23329@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 1 Feb 91 14:54:02 GMT References: <167@esun49.nms.gdc.portal.com> <3929@orbit.cts.com> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 17 In article <167@esun49.nms.gdc.portal.com> chadbour@nms.gdc.portal.com (jeffrey chadbourne) writes: > > >No, its not illegal to sell used software, but is illegal to sell an old version >of software, when an upgraded version is still in use. When you upgrade, you >do not get a new license, but rather extend the old. The old version ceases >to exist. > Please quote the applicable case law or statute law. Please remember that all that verbiage that companies write on their software packages means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! Only the law means something. Doug McDonald