disk equals license (soon: horse flogging)

You know: I always thought Borland explained it best. Software license is like a book. Only one person can read it at a time, only one person can own it at a time. Imagine that the upgrade is part of those original disks, whether you need the disks or not. Therefore, you can't be sure, by finding the software, that the invisible license for that software isn't still functioning somewhere. In other words, you can't know that by having the disks, you indeed have the license. While I would never argue (because I do it too) that if you "find" an original set of disks you're hurting anyone by using them. I'm sure you'd probably win a court case. But I don't think it's right -- morally, ethically, mathematically -- to try to turn that into an upgrade. There is a big difference between buying an old version for $1.00 and buying an upgrade and finding disks in the trash and buying an upgrade. All the other options, including calling and asking the company are viable. The idea is to let the people who truely own the rights to that upgrade decide. -Mike John Foust wrote: