Dumb question... but is it legally okay to resell other's works?

Mike -

> Yes. Good point. My software licenses allow
> for a transfer as long as the original is
> not kept. Pretty standard stuff, IMO.

Correct. It *is* pretty standard stuff. And I can't recall *any* of them saying *anything* about it being a violation of the license to sell used, trade, give away, or whatever. As you indicated, the word used is "transfer." And IMO, unless the definition is explicity stated, "transfer" can legally mean any of the things we've discussed on this thread.

> Do you recall anything about it? What made
> is to good?

One of the things I think was in that license was their example of what "transferring" the license meant. (If they didn't use it, it was in another license and is still a good example.) They said that it worked just like a book. If you bought a book, read it, and then passed it on to a friend, you wouldn't be able to read the same book at the same time unless of course you copied the book, (or in actuality the software), in which case the copyright would be violated.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"


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