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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: the ultimate IF archive
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"kodrik" <kodrik@zc8.net> wrote in message
news:269806b2.0201281402.6d616e24@posting.google.com...
> Even OEM products can be broken up by the end-user and sold in pieces.

No they can't.  Software sold with an OEM system can only be sold on with
that system, because you haven't paid the full amount for that software;
you've acquired the OEM's restricted license.  Some licenses legally
restrict your right to sell the software; I cannot sell my copy of NetWare
to anyone without transferring the license first through Novell, because the
software is serialised.  And they *have* prosecuted people and extracted
damages for license violation in the past, which is why eBay no longer carry
auctions for many Novell products.

These things *are* legal, and *are* enforcable, even if you think you can go
around ignoring any and all laws as you see fit.

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Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett.
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)


