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Microsoft: You Need Permission to Sell Our Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the signed-permission-slip-from-mom dept.

IEEEmember writes "Microsoft has objected to the sale of bankrupt KMart's Bluelight.com Internet unit to United Online. Microsoft's objection to the sale is based on the non-transferability of software licenses protected by copyright law according to the Reuters story on Yahoo! News. This action by Microsoft should serve as a warning to any corporation that has a significant investment in Microsoft licenses. Dependency on Microsoft licenses may grant Microsoft the ability to veto your business decisions."

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  1. Re:First sale doesn't apply? by cicatrix1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Unleash the hounds! The ones with bees in their mouths? Zoinks.

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  2. Re:Question? by Computer! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "well", not "wel". Sorry.

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  3. Slashcode programmers: by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Slashcode programmers: Please make it impossible to put a re-direct in a comment.

  4. [insert something about bill gates] by Transcendent · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    [insert microsoft bashing or joke]

    [auto-mod to +5: Insightful]