Sad experience

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Sat Jul 21 10:44:53 2001

My guess would be that the university does not want to make the
mistake of selling software they don't 'own', but had licensed.

I beleive that some operating systems (like from DEC) are never
'sold', and cannot be transfered to a third party.

"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, John Foust wrote:
> > A number of scenarios went through my mind... hiding the disks,
> > claiming they were manuals (although I suspect they can't sell
> > the manuals, either) etc., but I just chalked it up to
>
> NOT "MANUALS"!!!
> "BOOKS"!
> In many such situations, "Manuals" can not be sold. But "Books" can.
>
> There is something incomprehensibly mystical about the "laws" regarding
> software and even manuals. But "everybody knows" that used books are
> transferrable.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 10:44:53 BST