on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:37:21PM -0800, Ken Arromdee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Clause 1: > > > > "The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale" > > > > The terms for payment are interpreted by me to be "sale +time", > > which in the general case reduces to a required fee for sale or > > transfer. > > Even in the general case, where the time period can be 0, it's not a > required fee for sale or transfer. You can sell or transfer it to > anyone you want without a fee--the person you transfer it to just > can't use it.
First, I disagree with your reasoning. I feel the terms applied constitute sale. Second, use of a lawfully owned copy of software is not an exclusive right of the copyright holder, 17 USC 117(a). -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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