Here's a few more little thoughts. * Is it really worth *your* time and effort to worry about an occasional incident like this?
* If you took action, could there be "blowback" -- could it get blogged about and somehow make you seem like a bad guy? * If you let the transfer happen, then later on down the line when you release a paid upgrade, you may have a new upgrade sale from this new person! So I think it's best to just not worry about it. IMHO. - Dan On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:07 AM, Benjamin Rister wrote: > Most people subscribe to the “first sale doctrine”—that once somebody’s > bought something, they should be able to do whatever they want with it. > Software companies trying to fight this with restrictive EULAs and DRM have > given us a bad reputation, and I think trying to have the listing taken down > is heavy-handed and looks bad. > > Frankly, if modern times have shown us anything then it’s that if people feel > that they’re entitled to do something, they don’t really care what you have > written in your license agreement, or even what the law says. As long as it’s > a genuine transfer and not in use by both parties (and what would you do even > if it were?), I wouldn’t really worry about it. > > At the same time, you’re not really obligated to facilitate any transfers if > you’re against them. The old user can provide the new user with the license > file, and that’s that. You don’t have to reissue the license, update records > so the new user can retrieve copies of the license file if they lose it, or > anything along those lines. But trying to muscle in on a transfer that people > (reasonably, IMHO) feel they have the right to do is probably unnecessary and > has the potential to not go well for you. > > Best, > br > -- Dan Wood Twitter: http://twitter.com/danwood Karelia Software — Sandvox for the Mac http://www.karelia.com/ No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back. — Turkish Proverb ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
