Sad experience

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Jul 21 10:49:19 2001

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Bob Shannon wrote:
> 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.

That is apparently what is going on.
But what _I_ was pointing out was that referring to the docs as
"manuals" merely solidifies that position. Calling them "books" is the
way to question whether they should be classified as non-resellable.

--
Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
> 
> "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
> 
> 
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