In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
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wrote
on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:57:19 +0100
<vkuqr4-bfo.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million
>
> Good.
>
> This "software licenses are non-transferable" bullshit is as ridiculous
> as tax on second-hand goods.
>
In the US, the sales tax is on any sale, second-hand or
otherwise, and is implemented on a state-by-state basis
(there's no Federal sales tax except on things such as
gasoline). This is probably not all that rigorously
enforced on small stuff such as garage sales, but
big-tickets such as used cars and houses definitely get
hit therewith. [*] I don't know how commodities markets
handle that sort of thing offhand, but presumably they'd
have to worry about it. (I don't know Illinois law in
this regard, for e.g. the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.)
Of course, if a software license is not transferable, it
cannot be sold in any meaningful manner; the recipient of
that license would find it rather useless.
This isn't all that rigorously enforced, either -- though
no doubt Microsoft would love DRM to handle such issues.
(Good freakin' luck.)
[*] Internet sales are also supposed to be taxed,
theoretically; the buyer is supposed to send in
a check to his state's equivalent of the Internal
Revenue Service (in California, that's the Franchise
Tax Board), or to the state of the seller. However,
enforcement thereof is even more lax. The issues are
almost identical to the old mail-order system.
California also was contemplating and/or implemented
a unitary tax, at one point (any resident would be
required to pay sales tax regardless of location of
the company from which one is purchasing a good).
I think it got struck down but would have to look.
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