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In article <1992Dec16.194212.491@rivers>, ph9991_imm@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu writes:
|> It's me again from Moo U, and I have a important question:
|> 
|> I have a friend on this campus who's the ultimate left-wing supporter
|> of copyrights, against piracy et al. He tells me that before buying
|> ANY software from anybody here on the net, I should demand that the 
|> seller produce a software-licence-transfer-agreement form.

Sounds like a receipt to me!  Fairly reasonable thing to ask for, if
you think you're going to need it.  You'll have to ask your friend
why he recommends you need one - I can't see it'll do you any good.
He doesn't sound very left-wing - copyrights are definitely an
individulistic concept (companies are individuals in the eyes of the
law... BTW: did you know Justice doesn't wear a blindfold - you know
the figure with the sword and the scales on the Old Bailey (London)).

 How
|> realistic is this for you out there?  How agreeable is everyone,
|> (from a legal and ethical standpoint?) I honestly thought that if
|> I could sell my friend copyrighted tapes or CD's, couldn't the same
|> be applied to software?

Er.. don't know.  I'd have thought they'd be treated the same though,
you're not supposed to resell anything copyrighted without permission from
the holder, but as always, private deals are an exception.

|> 
|> Yours Naively,
|> L. Imm
|> --
|> larry.o.imm@uwrf.edu

Richard