Comments on: Goblinright http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noel http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/comment-page-1/#comment-48978 Noel Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:22:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/#comment-48978 <p><strong><em>Calling the sale of software a “license” is little more than a word game.</em></strong><br><br>Tim, licensing vs selling software has ramifications for FOSS. Did you consider how your arguments reflect on the effort to standardize licenses to reduce transaction costs for FOSS, and the debate on capturing the spirit of the FOSS community in the GPL.</p> Calling the sale of software a “license” is little more than a word game.

Tim, licensing vs selling software has ramifications for FOSS. Did you consider how your arguments reflect on the effort to standardize licenses to reduce transaction costs for FOSS, and the debate on capturing the spirit of the FOSS community in the GPL.

]]> By: Noel http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/comment-page-1/#comment-39171 Noel Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:22:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/#comment-39171 <p><strong><em>Calling the sale of software a “license” is little more than a word game.</em></strong></p> <p>Tim, licensing vs selling software has ramifications for FOSS. Did you consider how your arguments reflect on the effort to standardize licenses to reduce transaction costs for FOSS, and the debate on capturing the spirit of the FOSS community in the GPL.</p> Calling the sale of software a “license” is little more than a word game.

Tim, licensing vs selling software has ramifications for FOSS. Did you consider how your arguments reflect on the effort to standardize licenses to reduce transaction costs for FOSS, and the debate on capturing the spirit of the FOSS community in the GPL.

]]> By: Chandler http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/comment-page-1/#comment-48977 Chandler Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:05:49 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/#comment-48977 <p>Should EFF prevail in this case, I wonder if it will have any effect on eBay's policies.</p> <p> My eBay account was suspended for listing Office XP (Student/Teacher Edition).<br><br>eBay referred me to the following bit of info in their endless policy pages:</p> <p><br><br>Academic Software, Example:</p> <p><br><br>Janel purchased an academic version of Microsoft Word from her school bookstore when she was a student. Now, two years after graduation, she wants to sell her copy of Microsoft Word. Unless she verifies with Microsoft that she is allowed to resell her software, she may not list her copy of Word on eBay because it violates eBay's academic software policy.</p> <p><br><br>So eBay seems to be of the opinion that I need to get in touch with Microsoft to see if Microsoft will allow me to sell.<br><br></p> Should EFF prevail in this case, I wonder if it will have any effect on eBay’s policies.

My eBay account was suspended for listing Office XP (Student/Teacher Edition).

eBay referred me to the following bit of info in their endless policy pages:



Academic Software, Example:



Janel purchased an academic version of Microsoft Word from her school bookstore when she was a student. Now, two years after graduation, she wants to sell her copy of Microsoft Word. Unless she verifies with Microsoft that she is allowed to resell her software, she may not list her copy of Word on eBay because it violates eBay’s academic software policy.



So eBay seems to be of the opinion that I need to get in touch with Microsoft to see if Microsoft will allow me to sell.

]]> By: Chandler http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/comment-page-1/#comment-39170 Chandler Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:05:49 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/22/goblinright/#comment-39170 <p>Should EFF prevail in this case, I wonder if it will have any effect on eBay's policies.</p> <p> My eBay account was suspended for listing Office XP (Student/Teacher Edition). eBay referred me to the following bit of info in their endless policy pages:<p> Academic Software, Example:<p> Janel purchased an academic version of Microsoft Word from her school bookstore when she was a student. Now, two years after graduation, she wants to sell her copy of Microsoft Word. Unless she verifies with Microsoft that she is allowed to resell her software, she may not list her copy of Word on eBay because it violates eBay's academic software policy.<p> So eBay seems to be of the opinion that I need to get in touch with Microsoft to see if Microsoft will allow me to sell. </p></p></p></p> Should EFF prevail in this case, I wonder if it will have any effect on eBay’s policies.

My eBay account was suspended for listing Office XP (Student/Teacher Edition). eBay referred me to the following bit of info in their endless policy pages:

Academic Software, Example:

Janel purchased an academic version of Microsoft Word from her school bookstore when she was a student. Now, two years after graduation, she wants to sell her copy of Microsoft Word. Unless she verifies with Microsoft that she is allowed to resell her software, she may not list her copy of Word on eBay because it violates eBay’s academic software policy.

So eBay seems to be of the opinion that I need to get in touch with Microsoft to see if Microsoft will allow me to sell.

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