On 11/03/2015 01:07, John Cowan wrote: > No, of course not. But when I buy the book, the first-sale right is > exhausted; when I buy proprietary software, it is not, and I have no > right to resell. The difference is that the book is purchased > whereas the proprietary software is only licensed.
Just to add here that in the European Union, following the Usedsoft v Oracle decision (case C-128/11), the right of the developer/copyright owner to control distribution is indeed exhausted after first sale and proprietary licensed software *can* be resold despite any clause in the licence to the contrary. Of course, this requires that the licence is not for a fixed time period and that any DRM controls would not be interferred with in the process, but hey it's a start! -- Maximilian _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
