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From: irwin@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
Message-ID: <10400214@uiucdcs>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 12:52:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 12:52:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!irwin    Dec 20 11:52:00 1985


 
>>     Paragraph 4 would prohibit the
>>transfer of programs by the original
>>retail purchaser.  Software libraries
>>could not be sold or given away with
>>the sale of a used computer.  Under the
>>terms of the Act, this section's
>>limitation would apply to even to
>>sofware installed in ROM by the
>>equipment manufacturer.  It would be
>>unlawfull to sell your used TRS-80
>>Model 100.
 
.......and if the above is true, you can't sell your used car, until
you remove the micro and throw it in the garbage can, (you can't smash
it with a hammer, as that alters the firmware in the rom) and you can't
sell your house, because the heating/airconditioning system is micro
processor controlled and contains a rom.......... :-)