OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Oct 2009 19:04 UTC

Yesterday morning, we ran an item on the Autodesk case, but we (as in: me) got all confused about what exactly was going on. As it turns out, I was right from the start; despite my update to the item, the case was not resolved. The link in the update referred to an earlier stage of the legal ramblings. However, we now have a real conclusion in this case - and once again, Autodesk lost: software is sold, not licensed. Note: Thanks to Brian W. Carver from Cyberlaw Cases for clearing everything up via email. Much appreciated!

0 · Read More · 12 Comment(s)

http://osne.ws/h6m

Permalink for comment 387456
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.

RE[2]: Something is going around

by kenji on Fri 2nd Oct 2009 19:53 UTC in reply to "RE: Something is going around"

Member since:
2009-04-08

Well, there is more to it than that. The copy of the software is sold, the use of the software is governed by license, which was stated in the courts findings. It is really important here to distinguish between the 2, as they are 2 separate animals. Basically this case upheld copyright law as it exists to begin with. Either way it is good to have a legal precedent for other Judges to use

So true, while the physical media is sold, usage must adhere to the license.

Reply Parent Score: 1