10 Feb
1998
10 Feb
'98
10:31 a.m.
OK, let's
say I pull an old PC and some boxes out of a dumpster, and
there's a set of original AutoCAD Release 9 disks. By your rule, how
can I tell if I own a legit copy or not?
Real simple. It they're original disks then it's a legit copy! Doesn't
matter if it came from a dumpster or not.
10 Feb
10 Feb
11:46 a.m.
At 11:31 AM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
Though some software manufactures would like you to officially transfer the
license to a new party. It's usually buried in the fine print of the
software agreement.
That's true. And some try to tell you that you can't transfer it at all.
But unless you specificly agreed to that BEFORE you bought the software
they can't hold you to it. The shrink-wrapped "agreements" are completely
worthless. The US federal courts have made that ruling several times. I
haven't heard of any company even trying argue that in at least ten years.
That stuff falls in the same catagory as the movie tickets that say "not
responsible for accident or injury while on our premises".
Joe
OK,
let's say I pull an old PC and some boxes out of a dumpster, and
there's a set of original AutoCAD Release 9 disks. By your rule, how
can I tell if I own a legit copy or not?
Real simple. It they're original disks then it's a legit copy! Doesn't
matter if it came from a dumpster or not.
-- Kirk
10:35 p.m.
kroma wrote:
Doesn't
If it was AutoCAD and the original owner has upgraded then the old
license for Release 9 is invalid. However if the serial number has not
been upgrades Autodesk will transfer ownership if you can locate the
original owner and get him to notarize a transfer agreement and then you
have to pay to upgrade the license to the current version..now Release
14 at a cost of around a thousand dollars.
James
>OK,
let's say I pull an old PC and some boxes out of a dumpster, and
>there's a set of original AutoCAD Release
9 disks. By your rule,
how
can I tell
if I own a legit copy or not?
Real simple. It they're original disks then it's a legit copy! matter if it came from a dumpster or not.
Though some software manufactures would like you to officially
transfer the
license to a new party. It's usually buried in the fine print of the
software agreement.
-- Kirk
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