Thanks Viraf, my point exactly, but worded better. Garth
Sorry Rick,
That is not exactly accurate. When you lease a car, you can very easily change the lessee. Most manufacturers will allow someone else to assume the lease as long as they assume full liability for the vehicle and the balance of the payments and terms.
I understand what you are trying to do. A software manufacturer wants to prevent someone from upgrading to version 2 and then reselling the same licence for version 1 because now there are two products out there that belong to different people with the same licence #. If however, someone wants to move away from that product completely and are able to find someone else to take over the licence, there should be no reason why the manufacturer should stand in the way. Licences are definitely transferable in the software industry. It is the manufacturer's policies as to how they plan on handling it.
Regards,
Viraf Baliwalla
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Tango 2000 for Mac needed
Hey Garth,
The only thing I can say, is that the analogy you should have used is one of a leased car, rather than a car you own.
We have a license or lease to use the software. If you have a leased car, you can use it as much as you want, but you cannot sell it because the car manufacturer owns the car. It's the same as a software license.
Rick Sanders
- I take exception to not being able to on-sell your software license as a business commodity - yes we only have a license to use it and don't own the code but even licenses can be made transferable (many are), and why shouldn't they be? It is like selling a car to one person and them not being able to on-sell it. I know With aren't the only ones who follow this policy but I still think it isn't right.
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