[DUG] Unused copy of Delphi 7 Enterprise

[Guy.Brown at sungard.com]

It depends on the individual eula on the software.  It's been mentioned
in previous posts that Borland are happy to grant people permission for
reselling copies of Delphi if there is a genuine reason (downsizing
development team etc).

I am fairly sure that you can resell books and cds other wise there
would be a lot of second hand book stores and people on trade me
breaking the law.

Guy

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of James Sugrue
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 4:38 p.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: RE: [DUG] Unused copy of Delphi 7 Enterprise

(Richard may correct, but this is the way I have always considered
software)

Think of it this way:
When you pay the sticker price for the software, effectively you are
creating an agreement between yourself and Borland that you will use
this
software that they have supplied, and they grant you the right to use
said
software. It's the same as buying a CD, Book etc. You don't own the
content,
just the right to use it.

So with that logic in mind, how can you possibly sell it to a third
party.
You don't own the rights to the software, the contract was between you
and
Borland alone.

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