I'm with Keith here. I'm sure that he like me knows what the legal situation
is. Pointing out that the software comapnies have no clothes on this though
is fair game (if somewhat off topic).
But no I won't 'sell' somebody something I do not own either - it is both
wrong and illegal. So the OP can um 'Go Away' yes those were the words I was
going to use honest.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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"Daniel A. Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3C651EE0.7279DE20_at_exesolutions.com...
> Of course. And they do. And they prosecute people who can't figure that
out.
>
> When you agree to a license ... that is legally binding.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
>
>
> Keith Boulton wrote:
>
> > Daniel A. Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:3C6468C7.B4976CEE_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > Interesting. But a license is generally controlled by the license
> > provisions.
> > > And the reason software is licensed and not sold is to prevent the
very
> > thing
> > > that we are discussing here.
> >
> > and the question is can an organisation limit a purchasers rights by
> > claiming that the thing being sold is in some way different from every
other
> > thing.
>
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 03:04:54 CST
