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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
Message-ID: <979@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 20:55:51 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 22 20:55:51 1985
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> >>     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.......... :-)

   The > >> material was quoted from an analysis that "assume[s] that
the software manufacturer will impose the most restrictive provisions
that are permitted" [by the Illinois Software License Enforcement Act.]
  The > response therefore *could* actually be true under this law.
(Of course automobile manufacturers would not do this because they 
would dislike having any control over your ability to sell your used
car. :-)
--henry schaffer