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RE: [PLUG] OT OEM software
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So if I buy a new PC at Best Buy and boot it to linux I can resell M$ OS ?
That would be great, although I prefer to build my computers...
??-----Original Message-----
??From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
??[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Jon Nelson
??Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:09 AM
??To: plug
??Subject: [PLUG] OT OEM software
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??If you all remember when I spoke at the PLUG mtg about computer
??crime, one of
??the subject that came up was OEM software. I stated that it was
??illegal to
??sell this software. Technically this is still true, but the tides maybe
??turning... (Keep in mind this decision is in California and doesn't effect
??PA...yet)
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??Softman v. Adobe: What it Means for the Rest of Us
??US Court says buyers can unbundle EULA-covered
??software. If you find yourself paying for bundled
??proprietary software and don't actually install
??it, you can legally resell it no matter what the
??End-User License Agreement (EULA) says. That's
??what Judge Dean D. Pregerson wrote in his "Order
??Re: Application For Preliminary Injunction" in
??the case of Softman v. Adobe.
??http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5628
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