Single User License

I have trouble understanding the sales terms of software I want to buy.


Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops



If it says "Choose maintenance period:" followed by
One year, $0 Two years $8.70 Three years $13.05
can I assume the original price, which I think was $49, will only make
it work in the pro-version for one year? (This was pdf-xchange editor,
which is a pretty good program but the lite version does 85% of the
things, it says, and if pro costs $6,52 every year, I wish it were more
clear.


There have been other terms I didn't understand for sure but I don't
have them handy now, some I've bought. If I accidentally violate their
rules, is anyone else monitoring this sort of thing, other than MS
Windows, MS Word, and iiuc Malwarebytes?

TIA

On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:32:55 -0500, micky
wrote:

Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops

Not even close.

It means that you must be "SINGLE". If you're married, you cant use it.

micky,

Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that
mean I can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only
user who uses them?

That would be a logical explanation of that form of licencing, but no.

It normally means that the program will refuse to be installed on more than
one machine (assuming activation over the internet) (contrary the implicite
"its locked to you as a person" licence terms), and that you are *not
allowed* to let anyone else use it, not even on your own computer under your
account.

Ofcourse, that latter rule is un-enforcible, but that never has stopped the
companies lawyers from trying to assert it. :-)

can I assume the original price, which I think was $49, will only
make it work in the pro-version for one year?

The term "maintenance period" mostly refers to the time you will get updates
(bugfixes,security patches, new features).

If I accidentally violate their rules, is anyone else monitoring this
sort of thing, other than MS Windows, MS Word, and iiuc
Malwarebytes?

Your guess is as good as ours in that regard I'm afraid. But ask yourself:
if MS (and others) *knows* which (private) persons do violate their terms,
why do you not hear about them being rounded up by the bushel, and being put
infront of a judge ?

In other words: do not be too afraid of that. And if they *want* to make
an example outof you their (licencing) terms-and-conditions are vague enough
to be able to claim that they say whatever they want them to say.

Ofcourse, IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer), and the rules differer between
countries. For example, In my country I, as a private person, am allowed to
install a program on as many computers as I have, even though the licencing
rules prohibit it, provided I'm the only one using it.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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micky schreef in berichtnieuws
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I have trouble understanding the sales terms of software I want to buy.


Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops



If it says "Choose maintenance period:" followed by
One year, $0 Two years $8.70 Three years $13.05
can I assume the original price, which I think was $49, will only make
it work in the pro-version for one year? (This was pdf-xchange editor,
which is a pretty good program but the lite version does 85% of the
things, it says, and if pro costs $6,52 every year, I wish it were more
clear.


There have been other terms I didn't understand for sure but I don't
have them handy now, some I've bought. If I accidentally violate their
rules, is anyone else monitoring this sort of thing, other than MS
Windows, MS Word, and iiuc Malwarebytes?

TIA

On 2/15/2017 12:32 AM, micky wrote:
I have trouble understanding the sales terms of software I want to buy.


Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops



If it says "Choose maintenance period:" followed by
One year, $0 Two years $8.70 Three years $13.05
can I assume the original price, which I think was $49, will only make
it work in the pro-version for one year? (This was pdf-xchange editor,
which is a pretty good program but the lite version does 85% of the
things, it says, and if pro costs $6,52 every year, I wish it were more
clear.


There have been other terms I didn't understand for sure but I don't
have them handy now, some I've bought. If I accidentally violate their
rules, is anyone else monitoring this sort of thing, other than MS
Windows, MS Word, and iiuc Malwarebytes?

TIA

Read the terms of sale. Some software will allow multiple copies to be
placed on multiple computers, it the probability is that only one will
be used at a time. Corel Wordperfect will allow three copies on you
computers under one license. Others like MS want a license want a
license for every computer the software is installed on.

Read the terms of sale.

On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 03:43:45 -0600,
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:32:55 -0500, micky
wrote:

Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops

Not even close.

It means that you must be "SINGLE". If you're married, you cant use it.

I'd say he's single, so he can install it anywhere he wants. I
don't think pR0n counts as a legal bond.
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

"micky" wrote

| Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
| can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
| them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops
|

Single user is one person. Single seat is one
machine. But there are also sleazy variations,
like Microsoft's claim to license Windows to
a motherboard.
My copies of Corel Paint Shop Pro/Aftershot Pro
are licensed for 3 machines in the house. That
seems very civilized to me. In practice it's sort
of a family license or household license. (MS,
by contrast, claims it's techically illegal to use
your Windows computer with your child or
grandchild. Only one person at a time!)

| If it says "Choose maintenance period:" followed by
| One year, $0 Two years $8.70 Three years $13.05

Maintenance is nonsense. It's probably a euphemism
for free updates. It becomes "maintenance" when it's
auto-updating.

| (This was pdf-xchange editor,

I'm doing my taxes with that now. Bewteen PDFX and
Libre Office I haven't found anything I need to do that
requires the paid version. It won't let me make a new
PDF, but Libre Office does. And I can paste in whole
pages if I want to, which means I can recreate a PDF
by taking a screen shot. (Which I have to do with my
MA state tax. We have MIT and all the tech companies
here, but we don't seem to have any gov't employees
capable of making a usable PDF tax form with editable
fields.)

| There have been other terms I didn't understand for sure but I don't
| have them handy now, some I've bought. If I accidentally violate their
| rules, is anyone else monitoring this sort of thing, other than MS
| Windows, MS Word, and iiuc Malwarebytes?
|

There's a good chance they are, if you let them.
I found that Paint Shop Pro wants to call home so
much I added Corel to my HOSTS file, as well as
blocking the program at the firewall. Nearly all
commercial software will call home these days
without asking, if you let it. It's not necessarily
a problem. They may just want to do marketing
research, debugging and updating. But the fact
that they do it without permission makes it spyware
and it's not easy to know exactly what they're
doing.

It would be very easy
for companies to then track how many installs
there are. The activation key, IP address and
computer name or other unique ID would provide
enough info to know where the software is running
and when. With "maintenance" you'd have to allow
it to run as spyware.
Perhaps the bigger question is whether there's a
legal risk. With things like Product Activation there's
little reason to risk bad PR by attacking SOHo people.
It's difficult to cheat in the first place. Though they
can be very nasty with corporate licensing:

http://web.archive.org/web/200907071...3-5065859.html

On the other hand, who would cheat for $7/year?
It's a very cheap price for a good, solid program.
A much better deal than you'll get from Adobe for
Acrobat. If I needed the full PDFX I'd happily pay for
it, provided it would work without needing to be
spyware. It would be even better if you just buy
it without the maintenance deal, assuming it's on
the level and won't stop working after a year.

micky wrote:
I have trouble understanding the sales terms of software I want to buy.


Generally speaking, if it says "Single User License" does that mean I
can install it on all my computers, since I'm the only user who uses
them? I have a laptop and will soon have 2 and maybe 3 desktops



If it says "Choose maintenance period:" followed by
One year, $0 Two years $8.70 Three years $13.05
can I assume the original price, which I think was $49, will only make
it work in the pro-version for one year? (This was pdf-xchange editor,
which is a pretty good program but the lite version does 85% of the
things, it says, and if pro costs $6,52 every year, I wish it were more
clear.


There have been other terms I didn't understand for sure but I don't
have them handy now, some I've bought. If I accidentally violate their
rules, is anyone else monitoring this sort of thing, other than MS
Windows, MS Word, and iiuc Malwarebytes?

TIA

Best to just drop them an email and have them clarify it for you. There
support if fairly good.