[net.followup] used software

kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (01/22/85)

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Most software companies do not sell their software.  They claim
that the software is licensed to one user for use on one machine.
Read the licensing agreement that came with the software to
determine what you are allowed to do.

Of course, there is a large (possibly) illegal market for bootleg
software.  There are also lawyers who claim that those licensing
agreements arent't worth the paper their printed on.  To each his
own.

One side note: a recent megabucks lawsuit was recently filed by
some software companies for distributing unlicensed software.