Hi David, Yes, of course we don't really "own" software, but it's tiresome to have to deploy the phrase "own a license to use" -- I take it as a given that everyone knows when I talk about "owning" software, I'm talking about owning a user license.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 9 Aug 2011, at 7:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 9 Aug 2011 at 12:11, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> But it's obviously frustrating when you have defend yourself to >> customer support as legitimate user who just wants access to your own >> software. > > Darcy, you've surely read the EULAs for all commercial software -- > you don't own any of it. You've only got a license to use it. > > Now, arguably, the whole point is that this kind of thing interferes > with your rights under the EULA's license to use it appropriately, so > this is just a quibble about semantics. > > But it's an important one -- with most software, you don't OWN it at > all. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com > David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
