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Re: Mac IIsi system for sale

In article <1993Mar2.005302.291@leland.Stanford.EDU> Michael Jason Lewis,
trump@leland.Stanford.EDU writes:
>In article <1993Mar1.204826.19343@news.media.mit.edu>
bfbrown@media.mit.edu 
>(Brian F. Brown) writes:
>>In article <1993Mar1.182340.15415@leland.Stanford.EDU> 
>trump@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Jason Lewis) writes:
>>>>First of all, those prices quoted above are college special prices;
>>
>><stuff deleted>
>>
>>>>made a big mistake when he bought it.  I do agree that you would
>>>>be foolish to buy the computer system at this price, since it would
>>>>be just as easy to offer a student that amount to buy you  a brand
>>>>new IIsi system, making himself a handsome profit in the meantime.
>>>
>>>It should be pointed out that, at least at Stanford, this is illegal. 
When you
>>							      ^^^^^^^
>>>purchase a computer at educational discount, you agree not to sell
your 
>>>purchases for two years.			
>>>
>>
>>The key word here is _illegal_.  Mass. has some strange laws, but I am
>>surprised that the California Penal Code includes a clause for 
>>the reselling of possessions.  If you sign the same form we sign,
>>selling is not a crime, but could be a breach of contract, although
>>I  seriously doubt a) anyone would take the time to pursue
>>a "conviction" or b) Anyone who did would have
>>ground to stand on - what's yours is yours to hit with a 
>>sledge hammer or sell to the highest bidder.
>
>Okay, so there's no law that says "you can't resell computers that you
buy from
>Stanford for two years".  Given.  But there is something somewhere on
the bill
>that says "by signing this, you agree to abide by the conditions on the 
>agreement" etc., and that is on the agreement.  So it would be a breach
of
>contract, which is a crime (isn't it?  I would think so).  I doubt anyone
>would be "convicted"--in fact, I doubt the Bookstore would ever find out
about
>it--but you're not supposed to do it.

Stanford students subscribe to an honor code.  This breach of contract 
would be considered a violation of that honor code ... leading to 
possible dismissal from Stanford and a note to that effect in their
permanent records.