No one said buying/selling used gear is illegal. They said operation of the gear is illegal without a separate license from Cisco.
Jesse Preiner wrote: > We buy and sell used Cisco routers and switches on a daily basis. It is > totally legal and hundreds of companies do what we do and thousands of > companies (including large multi-nationals) buy and use used Cisco gear. > The IOS is included in the purchase price of the router or switch since > it was already paid for from Cisco when the unit was new (it's like > buying a pc with Windows on it and reselling the pc). > > What you need to be aware of when buying used Cisco is: > > 1. Make sure the used unit you are buying has an IOS on it that will > fit your needs and requirements. If you need an IOS upgrade, you will > need to purchase it. > > 2. You can not put all used Cisco on Smartnet. Cisco does have certain > requirements for putting Smartnet on used gear but it can be done and is > done often. > > If buying and selling used Cisco WAS illegal in anyway, you would not > see any on Ebay. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of David E. Smith > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:39 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Cisco 7200 Gigabit Ethernet Cards? > > Matt Liotta wrote: > [ more stuff about Cisco IOS licensing ] > > Apologies for the wall of legalese. > > From the Cisco EULA at : > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/warranty/English/EU1KEN_.html > >> Customer shall have no right, and Customer specifically agrees not to: >> transfer, assign or sublicense its license rights to any other person >> or entity (other than in compliance with any Cisco >> relicensing/transfer policy then in force), or use the Software on >> unauthorized or secondhand Cisco equipment > > > Cisco's terms of sale incorporate by reference the EULA, which > incoprorates the software resale policy (as shown above), so the > original buyer would definitely be in trouble. The second-hand buyer > could be liable for use of Cisco IP (intellectual property, not the > other IP) without a proper license; I don't know if there's any case law > on this, but I'm in no hurry to set a precedent. > > Matt: Unless you have evidence to the contrary, I'm gonna have to stick > with original assertion, that random second-hand Cisco gear can't > legally be used. I wish I were wrong, but I'm afraid I'm right. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
