Autodesk’s second attemp at stoping software re-selling failed
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Autodesk the makers of AutoCAD and Inventor engineering software, as well as Maya and 3dsMax media software, lost its attempt to stop its popular AutoCAD software from being re-sold. I have used AutoCAD in some form for close to 15 years, it will be interesting to see how my next version of Inventor’s license agreement will be worded.
Despite Autodesk’s claim it has never “sold” a copy of AutoCAD to anyone, a federal judge found that restrictive software licenses can act much like sales. Thanks to the decision, AutoCAD can be resold on eBaybut courts are still all over the place on this issue.
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