Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_northernway.net> wrote:
>You're both right, in a way.
>John H.: Chuck the disks, give up license. Yup.
>John F.: The upgrade disks require a license to previous software -- you
>now essentially have two linked licenses
>Is the license bound to *all* of the media?
To me, the problem is with the person who finds the software in the
dumpster and assumes that equals a license. It's not. The original
owner might've even been told by Autodesk to destroy their old media.
I can't see why the license owner shouldn't be free to do that, and
although I love to read the fine print, I do not recall ever seeing
language to that effect. To argue otherwise would only encourage
rampant pack-rat-ism. Of course, members of this mailing list don't
need an extra dose of that. :-)
"James L. Rice" <jrice_at_texoma.net> wrote:
>AutoDesk requires you to trade the original disks from the previous
>version at the dealer to order the upgrade.
I think they did once upon a time. Today they tend to use dongles
to protect software, so there's no way to use dumpster software as-is.
Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net> wrote:
>Now, let's say, we've both upgraded, and I give him back his original
>disks. Am I now a pirate? Was I a pirate before? Or was he the pirate
>before?
It can depend on the company policy. Some companies are happy to take
money from anyone - legit owner or not - when it comes to upgrades.
Others are more careful about tracking serial numbers and might
not allow the upgrade.
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <
http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
Received on Mon Feb 16 1998 - 10:27:01 GMT