Greetings,
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/03/1245200/used-software-can-be-sold-say...
Discuss.
Also, does someone have time to examine the decision? We might want a press release acclaiming the decision, as such a decision seems to have strengthened the people's right to share software.
Cheers,
It is not directly relevant to us, as it relates to sale of software in a proprietary setting.
Says that the exhaustion principle also applies when you download software and get the permission to use x copies in a separate transaction. This has always been my position, but many thought differently.
There is a bearing in the preinstalled software or oem licenses. You can sell the software separate from the device, provided that you stop using software on device. But it's very broadly connected and requires a lot of intermediate explanations.
Cheers
Carlo
Hello!
There was a court case in Finland years ago where the court confirmed, that it is legal to resell the OEM Windows that came with your computer and that MS cannot deny this right from consumers.
Subsequently all new computers with OEM Windows started to be shipped without installation media, so in practice it is hard to sell the OEM Windows, as there is no tanglible CD to put on a table at a flee market etc.
Sorry, can't find any link to it now..
2012/7/4 Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild repentinus@fsfe.org:
Greetings,
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/03/1245200/used-software-can-be-sold-say...
Discuss.
Also, does someone have time to examine the decision? We might want a press release acclaiming the decision, as such a decision seems to have strengthened the people's right to share software.
Cheers,
Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild FSFE Fellow (en) / FSFE ühinglane (et) repentinus@fsfe.org https://wiki.fsfe.org/Fellows/repentinus http://blogs.fsfe.org/repentinus/
P.S. I hope all the recipients feel concerned about the decision, and are the right people to consider the implications. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@fsfeurope.org https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 16:46 +0300, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
Subsequently all new computers with OEM Windows started to be shipped without installation media, so in practice it is hard to sell the OEM Windows, as there is no tanglible CD to put on a table at a flee market etc.
Presumably you can just (legally) re-sell the serial number? A friend of mine just bought a copy of Win XP online as the computer repair shop refused to fix his machine without one. The disk came sealed with a fake hologram, the disk was blank, but the serial appeared valid. The repair shop still wouldn't accept it, so he had to buy another one.
Pretty crazy. The law around resale is valuable information for the public.
Best,
Sam.