Is it illegal to sell academic software?

[PCFetish]

My school forced me to buy buch a Mircosoft software (xp, office, VB, etc...)
anybody taking the course had to buy them, even though I already had all those software.
These softwares aren't retail nor OEM but regit, genuine with cd keys...
will I get into trouble if I sell them on ebay or something?
I have absolutely no use for these software.

 

[macwinlin]

I am trying to clarify what you've written. You have some software that you needed, but the rest "(xp, office, VB, etc...)" you're trying to get rid of?

It is extremely tough to resell academic software, although you should look into the licensing terms included in the software (I know there should be whether it is printed or just before you install) to see what exactly you can and cannot do. I'm trying to sell some old Macintosh software that I believe are under academic licenses and I'm trying to look on Google for some help. Not much luck, unless somebody here knows exactly what to do. Sorry I'm not much help.

 

[Tallgeese]

Not kosher to resell academic versions EXCEPT (sometimes) to others qualified for such a version.
Unfortunately, in higher-ed, most licensing and pricing is tied to the school itself (each institution negotiates its own license agreement), so it would prolly have to be someone at your school.

Will you get caught/busted?
Maybe, maybe not.

 

[Nothinman]

Read the EULA, but I don't think edu software is resellable.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

if he can't sell it, can he trade it away for some other hardware or software?

 

[bozo1]

All you have is the media. Your school licensed the software and you can use it as long as you are a student. Once you are no longer a student you are no longer licensed to use the software unless you graduate and then you are granted a perpetual license.

The only thing you have to sell is the media which is illegal to use without a license which you don't have to sell.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: bozo1
All you have is the media. Your school licensed the software and you can use it as long as you are a student. Once you are no longer a student you are no longer licensed to use the software unless you graduate and then you are granted a perpetual license.

The only thing you have to sell is the media which is illegal to use without a license which you don't have to sell.

What bozo1 posted is correct, sorry PCFetish, but you're SOL.

 

[PCFetish]

oh i c
thanks for clearing that up

 

[Rayden]

you said you now have two copies of the software, what you had originally and the education version you had to buy.
sell what you had before and keep the educational.

now i don't know about selling educational software, but i wasnt aware of the fact that when you are no longer a student you can't use the software.

anyway if are looking for educational software for cheap
www.journeyed.com

 

[Gaunt]

I haven't read the EULA, but it may be possible.... You just need to make it extremely clear to possible purchasers that they must meet the academic requirements of the license in order to use the software.

When you buy academic software, you don't HAVE to buy it from a school... For instance, I have academic versions of XP, VS.NET, VB6 Pro, and VC6... all of which were purchased at a computer store not operated by my university. My school hasn't negotiated any agreements with MS, so purchasing the software outside of the school is really the only option. They don't even have a facility to sell us software... the computer store on campus is an independent store.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Rayden
you said you now have two copies of the software, what you had originally and the education version you had to buy.
sell what you had before and keep the educational.

now i don't know about selling educational software, but i wasnt aware of the fact that when you are no longer a student you can't use the software.

anyway if are looking for educational software for cheap
www.journeyed.com

It makes sense to sell your original software (to anyone) and keep the educational software. In 4 years the educational stuff will be pretty outdated, anyway.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Illegal on paper, but pragmatically its salable.