On Apr 21, 12:08, Torquil MacCorkle, III wrote:
> > Dude, you don't own the disks. You have no right to sell them.
True, and there's another factor: SGI's licence for the software on
those CDs prohibits them being passed on to another person except when
transferred with a machine licensed to use them. SGI have occasionally
been known to get shirty about that.
> What am I supposed to do if it becomes obvious I am not going to be
able to
> track the guy down? (which it has, except for the new idea of trying
name
> lookup directories, I do know his name and his former city and
state.)
> I appreciate the advice (although it seems I have been
> misinterpreted) and hope everyone doesn't think I am some kind of
miserable
> lying bastard. This was an honest mistake.
I realised that from your post. I'd suggest that you take reasonable
steps to track down the owner, and if that fails, keep them. If the
owner were really desperate to have them back, he'd probably have
contacted you (assuming *he* has *your* contact info). Anyway, you
might need them yourself, if you get an SGI machine without CDs (like
the Octane you mentioned elsewhere).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 13:33:57 BST