We were only given software licensing policies when I worked for Apple and other Silicon Valley companies. They may have quoted court case or other precedent setting information during the presentations but I was not interested in that because it had no bearing on company policies.
I did say embedded software, Autocad is not embedded software.
Cisco tried the same thing with embedded software and the bankruptcy trustees of several companies were told by Cisco the embedded software on Cisco Routers and Switches was not transferable. When millions of dollars of equipment the trustees were trying to sell became worthless they sued. The courts held that to have value the embedded software legally on the systems at the time of sale was transferable. Its why you can buy used Cisco equipment today with the embedded software they came with.
This situation would be analogous to Tesla stating the embedded software on the car was not transferable. The car would not be operable without the software and thus worthless. How this might apply to FSD licenses probably needs to go though all the court processes to be resolved if Tesla were to state that FSD legally installed on a vehicle was not transferable to a new owner because it is not required to operate the vehicle. However, a new owner may not be entitled to ANY updates even if the extant software is transferable.
I did say embedded software, Autocad is not embedded software.
Cisco tried the same thing with embedded software and the bankruptcy trustees of several companies were told by Cisco the embedded software on Cisco Routers and Switches was not transferable. When millions of dollars of equipment the trustees were trying to sell became worthless they sued. The courts held that to have value the embedded software legally on the systems at the time of sale was transferable. Its why you can buy used Cisco equipment today with the embedded software they came with.
This situation would be analogous to Tesla stating the embedded software on the car was not transferable. The car would not be operable without the software and thus worthless. How this might apply to FSD licenses probably needs to go though all the court processes to be resolved if Tesla were to state that FSD legally installed on a vehicle was not transferable to a new owner because it is not required to operate the vehicle. However, a new owner may not be entitled to ANY updates even if the extant software is transferable.