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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
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Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 23:13:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 23:13:08 1985
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> Here is the second discussion of the Illinois Software License Enforcement Act,
> by Keith Hays, Grosser and Hays Law Offices, Champaign, IL.  Taken from the
> Tranquillity II BBS, Urbana, IL, (217)384-8173. (from the Magazine section)
> ----------------------------------------
>  
>     The Illinois Software License
>      Enforcement Act, an Anaysis
>  
>            --< Dec 8 1985>-
>  
>      The Illinois Software License
> Enforcement Act (approved Sept.  25,
> 1985, effective July 1, 1986) imposes
> the provisions of a contract by
> operation of law upon the purchaser of
> computer software.  ...
>  
>      In analysing the effect of the law
> we must assume that the software
> manufacturer will impose the most
> restrictive provisions that are
> permitted.  With that in mind, the
> following is an analysis of the
> provisions Section 4 of the Act.
> ...
>  
>      Paragraph 3 limits the right to
> customise the software to your own
> purposes. ...
>           The development of patches
> and enhancements to published software
> would be unlawful.  Public Domain
> patches would be a thing of the past.
   This could be a major disaster!
>  
>      Paragraph 4 would prohibit the
> transfer of programs by the original
> retail purchaser.  ...
   This could be applied to the operating system,
and then the manufacturer could have a lock on
the sale of used equipment!  (Don't laugh, this
has been done in the minicomputer area.)
>  
>      Paragraph 5 limits the use of
> purchased software to one user at one
> computer.  It would make unlawful the
> purchase of one program disc by a two
> man office.
   I disagree with this interpretation.  Paragraph
5 clearly states the one user at one computer to
be *at one time*.  
>  ...
> L KEITH HAYS
--henry schaffer