Steve wrote:
> I thought you could resell software provided you sell all of it.
>
> The following is from my Win2K EULA
>
> Software Product Transfer. You may permanently transfer all
> of your rights under this EULA only as part of a
> permanent sale or transfer of the HARDWARE, provided
> you retain no copies, you transfer all of the SOFTWARE
> PRODUCT (including all component parts, the media and
> printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA and, if
> applicable, the Certificate(s) of Authenticity), and
> the recipient agrees to the terms of this EULA. If the
> SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade, any transfer must also
> include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
That EULA may be a carryover from when Windows "lending" was (wink, wink) "encouraged". You know, we don't REALLY mind, as long as it gets Windows onto more desktops. Wasn't AutoCAD the same way?
With Windows XP there are product activations; I wonder if the EULA is the same as for Win2K.
Paul Received on Fri Feb 06 20:22:00 2004
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