You may see no copyright infringement, but the law would generally disagree with you. It's possible you have the "one" installation license out there that isn't written the way Ben suggests, but I'd doubt it. Especially if it's old enough that the developer is no longer around. That's just the way those licenses were written, in general, at that time - and you can disagree with them all you want, it doesn't change them.
There are very good odds that what you're asking, publicly, is technically illegal. Can you do it? Have IT Admins been doing it for years? Yup. Does asking about it on a public mailing list make sense? Not so much. On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Steve Kelsay <kels...@sctax.org> wrote: > That is all we want to do. Install it. The developer cannot provide > installation media. I licensed an install. Actually, several dozen > installs. I would like to do that. I see no copyright infringement if I > use a legitimate original copy of a setup media to install a licensed > copy of the software. Now, if the license was attached to that > particular disk, perhaps you would have a point, but it is not. It is > separate from the install media. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 11:29 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Flowchart PDQ version 1.1 - Need setup disk > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Steve Kelsay <kels...@sctax.org> > wrote: > > It would only be piracy if they were not licensed. > > "software piracy" has no legal definition. > > What you suggest would still be considered copyright infringement. > > When you buy a copy of software, you have the right to that one copy > -- that one disc. You do not have right to make additional copies > unless license is granted. The license typically grants you > permission to install it, and maybe make a backup. In the world of > traditional payware, you're practically never granted permission to > distribute additional copies, even to someone else who had a separate > license. > > I doubt anyone would sue you over it, of course. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- Gary K. Slinger Voice: 727-475-1947 // gChat gary.slin...@gmail.com // Skype: garyslinger Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/garyslinger ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
