Re: AutoCad Question

I had taken a graduate class in internet law that dealt with software
copyright et al issue. The software companies have extraordinary exclusions
for what would otherwise be normal consumer law and the courts, for what
ever reason, have given these companies carte blanche to have you by the
short and curlies. Software companies sell the license to use their product
and not the product itself. The term of the license can be delivered inside
a shrink wrapped box with the CD. That is, what you are buying, the terms
of the license, do not have to be 'readable' on the outside of the box. If
you break the shrink wrap you are bound by the license and, in most cases,
breaking the shrink wrap prevents you from being able to return the product
for a refund.


"Greg D." <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's a lesson in the software world... Not because they wrote
> conditions on a piece of paper and they call it a "license agreement",
> it means they're legally entitled to enforce those conditions.
>
> If I write on a piece of paper that I will kill you if you don't pay
> for my services, even if you sign it, it will remain a murder and I
> will end up in jail regardless the fact I have a contract authorizing
> me to kill you. When you buy an object, you own the object. Period.
> You can sell it back if you want as long as you don't keep a copy
> yourself.
>
> I'm just waiting for the day a software company will come to knock at
> my door.
>
> No wonder why all the software company are going towards applications
> delivered on the web. In a near future, you won't need to install
> anything on your computer, you will just need to "register" through a
> website to get access to your applications. You will pay a monthly fee
> based on your usage. This way software will assure themselves of
> stable revenues and won't fight their own products when it comes to
> upgrade. Not only that, we will lease applications so software will
> become a service and not a product anymore.... A big difference
> legally speaking.
>
> Greg D.
>
>
>
> On 29 Nov 2005 17:22:01 -0800, "Duke of Burl" <musials@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>mike wrote:
>>> I did not mean to use the word copy. What I was given was the original
>>> CDs. A friend went out of business and no longer had any use for the
>>> product. Being a beginner with CAD and because the price was right. I
>>> thought I would give it a try and see if I can learn it. I do
>>> woodworking as a hobby in my retirement. Nothing is for sale. I thought
>>> it may be interesting to use CAD to draw the boxes and what nots that I
>>> make. It help keeps the brain cells spinning and hopefully avoid that
>>> dreaded AZ. My shop is in the garage and I have thought about putting a
>>> sign over the door saying "The Therapy Room". Now I may have to call
>>> the computer "The Therapy Machine".
>>> Anyhow, Thanks to one and all for your helpful responses and a Merry
>>> Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all.
>>
>>I wasn't trying to imply anything. I'm just letting people know that
>>according to AutoCAD, you don't own the software that you buy. You are
>>simply buying a license to use it and they're being nice enought to
>>give you a disk which they own in perpetuity. It's against their terms
>>of service (and thus the law) to sell or give away the disk.
>


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