Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!s3!robert From: robert@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Robert Meunier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Selling old version of software. Message-ID: <7687@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> Date: 28 Jun 91 14:51:06 GMT References: Sender: usenet@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca Organization: Hydro-Quebec Lines: 19 In article potelle@MAINE.MAINE.EDU ("John A. Potelle") writes: >Can anyone comment on the legal problems (if any) of selling old >versions of PC software that is no longer is use, i.e some packages >were upgraded and the older versions are collecting dust. Examples: >WordPerfect 4.2 and 5.0, WordPerfect Executive 1.0, Harvard >Graphics 2.1 and Micrografx Graph Plus 2.1 (for Microsoft Windows 2.0) > I would say that you cannot sell those program because you don't own them. The license usally state that the company grante you a license to use the software. It does not mean that you own it. When you buy an upgrade, you still have only one license but replace the old one with the new version of the software. -- Robert Meunier Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Ingenieur 1800 Montee Ste-Julie, Varennes Internet: robert@ireq.hydro.qc.ca Qc, Canada, J3X 1S1 maintainer: BASIC mailing list request to basic-request@ireq.hydro.qc.ca