Microsoft’s high-stakes legal gambit in the UK could redraw the map for the entire European market for second‑hand Windows and Office licences, and the preliminary hearing now before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is already exposing fault lines that matter to resellers, IT purchasers...
competition law
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tom kabinet
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valuelicensing
Better read the EULA before you give away or sell an old version of software that you no longer use. According to a recent court ruling, if it is so stated in the EULA that the producer of a piece of software retains ownership and you are only licensed to use it, you can only remove the product...