On 8 Nov 2002, at 16:00, Dave P wrote:
> Well, that's illegal in every European country. Once someone owns a > license to software, they're free to sell it to whomsoever they wish under > the first sale doctrine. You cannot restrict someone's right to sell > something they own, even by license, once the first sale has occured. You > can only require they place the same conditions of sale on their buyer as > you placed on them. Unfortunetely, things aren't as clearcut as that. 1 - Remember that a licence is a licence to USE... 2 - There is a huge difference between a user who has bought a licence to use a software and a reseller who buys the licence to resell the software. Wolfgang ----------------- www.wlenerz.com
