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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

2529.0. "Making a donation to Digital -- will I get canned?" by BOOKS::HAMILTON (All models are false; some are useful - Dr. G. Box) Wed Jun 09 1993 11:06

Can any of you legal beagles (or PP&P experts) answer a question for me?

I have just upgraded some software (Visual Basic) on my PC.  Since Digital 
seems to be in such dire straits for BTS software, I was thinking of donating
my now down rev version to the departmental personal computer.  It
is registered to me, but since it will no longer be running on my
machine, can I install it on the machine at work so my peers can
have access to it? 

I want very much not to get fired for this, so please answer with a
reference to a relevant policy, or alternatively, pass along the name 
of a person with the authority to make such a decision.

Thanks,

Glenn

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2529.1		RANGER::BACKSTROM	bwk,pjp;SwTools;pg2;lines23-24	`Wed Jun 09 1993 11:58`	13
	Ask Microsoft for sure (or at least for their position/view; I don't know if it is legally enforceable)... The standard practice in the PC sw world appears to be that if you upgrade, the old version cannot be resold or even given away. The principal idea (at least from the sw vendor's point) is that they don't sell the software, they license it, and when you upgrade you don't end up with two licenses but one that allows you to run the newer piece. See topic 1795 in RANGER::IBMPC-93 for the "Greate Shrinkwrap Software Licensing Debate" ;-) ...petri
2529.2	An opinion....	AKOCOA::MONTEMERLO		`Wed Jun 09 1993 12:09`	17
	I am not a legal beagle....but The question you are asking really depends on the Terms and Conditions state in your BTS License Agreement. But based on some assumptions: * If you upgraded an old revision of the application you were using then the new license superceeds the old and you should not use or give away the older version. * If the License is similar to Microsoft's License Agreement you may transfer rights (All disks & documentation) to another party. Only one license is required for multiple users IF noone can use the application concurrently. Assuming you are in compliance with the license agreement and do not pass on any virus I don't believe you have to worry about being canned.
2529.3	are we non-profit, or just unprofitable?	XLIB::SCHAFER	Mark Schafer, ISV Tech. Support	`Wed Jun 09 1993 15:37`	10
	I practical terms, it may be too much trouble for you to donate anything to Digital. If your group has an 'audit', then they will try to list the packages on each PC and match them up to purchase orders. Your donated software will not match up, and you will be asked to reconcile it. A memo from Microsoft to you giving you permission would be nice, but I doubt that you'll get one. On the other hand, I doubt that you would get 'canned'... Mark