Re: Moral/legal question

Until the latest upgrade we have always been a version or two behind
with the new version in a cupboard. Because we purchased bit by bit as
we could afford it (9xADT, 1XLDDT and about 40 LTs) we ended up with a
vast range of different versions.

We got our dealer to get Autodesks agreement that we could do this, a
prime example was we were still operating on Window 95 and could not
run the latest version until the network and the PC's connected to it
were upgraded..( you could get away with this with LT 2000  because it
did not need the autorisation code )

Now finally we have all copies at a common version (2004) and have
PC's that will run them.

There was a German court case where a user with a licence got away
with using pirate software because of the down time taken to get a
replacement dongle or code in the old days. 

The judge ruled as long at the user of the pirate copy had a licence
to cover the event, then he should not be put in the situation where
he could not work because of the delay in the admin.


On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:33:18 -0500, TomD
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Agreed.  Besides, just imagine the big, bad lawyer's dragging you into 
>court and saying "well, yes, she paid for it, but she's using an older 
>copy and we want to punish her for it".  Not likely to go well for them, 
>I wouldn't think, not to mention losing a paying customer.
>
>Chip Harper wrote:
>> From a legalistic point of view ....no.
>> But from a realistic view..... go for it. You'll have a legally licensed
>> copy on hand that you own, so your covered in my book.
>> 
>