funny thing is that i bought it off ebay and there were several other ppl selling the same thing at the time and they werent bothered. i didnt even hate ms at that time either lol
and i hear ya about the rest u said but it sure seems like they go outta there way to make things difficult or trying to accert their now crumbling possition as "king of the world" either way, its safe to say i wont be purchasing anymore of their software. i cant think of anyone else who has a problem transfering the users license to someone else, so long as you arent continuing to use it after its transfered. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:17:53 -0500 >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:09 PM >> > To: CF-Talk >> > Subject: Re: Sell used Macromedia software? >> > >> > that is more of an issue with M$ stuff >> > i was "informed" by ms that you cant resell the products YOU >> > by from them because you dont actually own them bill still does! >> > a bunch of crap if u ask me! > >You are not buying software - and this isn't an MS thing. > >Most software companies (the vast majority) do not sell software - they sell >licenses to software. The software company retains full ownership of the >software. > >Transferring your license is possible in some cases, but not in others (for >example none of the "Action Pack" software licenses are transferable). >Check the EULA that came with the software. > >This only makes sense when you think about it. If you owned the software >then you could do whatever you pleased with it, right? But you don't own it >- you're allowed to use it within the confines of the license agreement. > >Pretty much all software companies follow this model. > >Most open source licenses do not transfer ownership rights of the software. >The author of the code is the owner, not the user of the software. > >Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191038 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
