Adobe Loss in California District Court, Good News for ClassicCmp rs

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Nov 29 15:14:50 2001

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> I'm not sure how many of you have seen this yet, but Adobe has lost a
> suit regarding the transferrability of software licenses. The court
> has rules that even if the wording of a license specifically prohibits
> the resale of the software by the original buyer to a new owner, the
> original owner is within their rights in doing so.
>
> Of course, without a doubt, Adobe will likely appeal this at least as
> far as the California Supreme Court. We can only hope they'll lose
> there as well.

We can only hope that common sense will continue to prevail.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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