Transfer of License (was RE: sys/36 to 236)

At 04:56 PM 3/24/98 -0700, Neil Palmer wrote:
>1)     They person selling you this claims that the software is
>included.  Check this -  I believe you must purchase your software
>license from IBM - it doesn't transfer with a used machine.

This is something I've never understood... why can't someone sell their
license to use a software package with the hardware?  I sure can sell my
copy of MS Word, as long as I give all the copies I have with it.  

If I sell an AS/400, why shouldn't I be able to include the OS & Languages
I licensed with it... as long as I don't keep any copies of it myself.

david

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