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U.S. Court Ruling Nixes EULA Sales Restrictions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the interesting-twist dept.

Raziel writes: "The Register is reporting in this article that a district court has ruled in favour of "software users that wish to extricate themselves from restrictive software licenses". The case in question is Adobe vs Softman, and in its ruling, the District of California seems to vacate Adobe's claims of "irrepairable damage" caused by the resale of Adobe products without forcing the use of Adobe's registration process. The full ruling is available in PDF format here. Any chance of a precedent here?" You can also read the Don Marti piece piece that sparked this discussion.

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  1. About time! by s.a.m · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It's about time they finally made a sensible decision on these EULA's that state you can't sell off software you bought.

    Hopefully this sets some sort of precedent so that others can benefit from this.

  2. The duck test by wiredog · · Score: 1, Redundant
    From the article:

    if the transaction has the form of a sale, it's a sale.

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