Just for info, take a look at:
  http://www.bookshop.unimelb.edu.au/x/n?8880000397230

-Harry

At 10:23 AM 1/28/2008, Jon Elson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>A sad consequence of all this is that Altium actually lose sales and the
> >>community bcomes more closed as a result of "cracked" versions in
> >>circulation. A university lecturer friend tells me that ALL the students in
> >>his classes have got hold of (and sometimes use!) cracked 
> versions of Protel
> >>and DXP.
> >>
>Well, while it isn't legal, Altium has laughably little chance to sell a
>university student
>a $10 grand software package.  So, it really is NOT cutting into their
>revenue.  Now, if those
>students go off into industry and keep using it, that's another matter,
>but many large companies,
>at least, are on the lookout for that sort of thing.
>
>The original Tango license allowed you to use a "home copy" of the
>software, and I used it
>that way.  When I moved over to Protel, I eventually needed to have it
>at home, and found a
>way to buy an old Protel for Windows license on the open market and
>upgrade it to P99SE.
>So, at least, I'm legal.
>
>Jon


 
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