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> As to the restriction in the license how can Omega unilaterally
> restrict a licensee's right to sell the product he owns?
Guess what. You **DON'T** own the software you "bought." Read
through the fine print on just about any software you buy, and you'll
find you have been granted a *lease*. And since Omega (or whoever)
still legally owns the software, they have the right to restrict who
can use it.
> Even if it was enforceable what would the damage to Omega
> be from a private sale?
For most software, not all THAT much. Most people keep using the
software they buy so the secondary market is relatively small.
But IMHO Omega's business model has always revolved around a pump &
dump strategy -- pump a bunch of newbies through the pipe, dump them
when they crash & burn, and sell the product to a bunch of new
newbies.
If the crashing newbies (a very large percentage of Omega's buyers,
I'd bet) sell their TS to other newbies, that removes a very large
percentage of Omega's sales.
Now that TSPro is going to a subscription model, Omega (TRAD) is
finally going to be $$motivated$$ to keep their customers happy and
successful. But they still don't want people buying used copies of
TS4 or TS2k -- they want them leasing TSPro.
Gary
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