100 years are enough... ...especially for the software industry, as a recurring user fee is much better then one-time-money for a licence. One step towards this goal of renting all the software instead of selling it is to revoke the user's right to resell software, the so-called first-sale doctrine, which in its current form dates back to 1909. If the US court really defines a clear distinction between a buyer and a licensee, the former being really an owner and the latter only something like a powerless user under permanent control of the manufactor, then this clearly marks a next step towards porting the methods of RIAA back to the software industry. Reselling software will become a crime. And please don't tell me that I only have to change the brand and boycott the vendor - they are _all_ on board of this scary dreadnought.
fra links: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/first-sale-doctrine/
