Hi,
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 10:11:52AM -0600, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> You can't sell your IOS license, just like you can't sell Windows licenses.
> This is standard practice in the software world, and has been for decades.
At least in Germany, this stance is explicitely violating law.
If you *buy* something (as opposed to "rent"), whatever it is (!!), you get
all the rights to re-sell this to whoever you want.
For software, there have been a couple of cases, and the courts have
always ruled the same: it is legal to re-sell software, even if Microsoft
(and Cisco, what I learn) does not like it. Of course you must not keep
an installed copy of Windows or a copy of the CD etc. if you sell your
box & CD & license etc. - but this isn't really an issue with routers,
after all, you need hardware to run this on.
> Before used Cisco kit became common, it wasn't worth enforcing, but the
> dotcom collapse made stating the obvious necessary.
"Stating the obvious" isn't. This is just a very dirty trick to try
to squeeze even more money out of your customers. As if the stuff isn't
expensive enough.
Go ahead, loose more customers to the competition.
Seriously pissed by Cisco marketing and price politics,
gert
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