Legally Speakingwhen Is A 'license' Really A Sale?

摘要

When you purchase a software package, the package will often inform you (or the software will inform you when you install it on your computer), that you are not the "owner" of a copy of it, but only a "licensee" whose entitlement to use the software is subject to certain restrictions. This may include a restriction on transferring your copy of that software to anyone else.rnSuppose you ignore the no-transfer restriction and sell the software to someone. Have you breached an enforceable contractual obligation to the software's developer? By transferring the package to someone else, have you infringed copyright or induced the purchaser of the software to infringe copyright? Is the purchaser of the used software an infringer when he loads it on his computer? Is he too bound by the license restrictions?