> What can and does happen is that a new version is released under
a different license while the old version is made obsolete.
It is often more than just 'made obsolete', updates to other parts of the OS (that are almost impossible to avoid installing) can make it so those older products either don't run or run VERY inefficiently.
The Wall Street Journal is paying close attention to the Apple/Epic lawsuit, it may create some interesting (which far too frequently means 'bad for consumers') case law regarding what 'ownership' means these days.
Mike Nolan
