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Subject:RE: Piracy, education and the techie garage sale From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:01:31 -0700 (PDT)
I must ammend this response.
A number of software companies are adopting the policy that if a software
is owned by a person, that they can install it on two machines, as long as
both machines aren't used concurrently (such as on a home PC and a
portable). I'm not sure (one of those little thoughts that float in the
back of the mind-kind of thing), but I think that maybe MS was taken to
court on this and it was uphelp.
--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> > If the software is sold with a "single user" license, what am I
> supposed
> > to
> > do if my spouse and I both use it on our home computer? Do we need
> two
> > copies of the software installed on the same computer in order for us
> to
> > each have a legally licensed copy at our fingertips?
>
> A "user" is an installation. If it is on a computer, it cannot be on
> another computer.
=====
John Posada
jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com
john -at- tdandw -dot- com
732-291-7811
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