[G4] Re: Tiger - single or family license

[Al Poulin]

On Oct 22, 2006, at 5:15 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:14:44 -0700
> From: keith_w <keith_w at dslextreme.com>
> Subject: Re: [G4] Tiger - single or family license
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> Carol wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Carol wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I am thinking of Tiger.
>>>> Would I need to buy the family license?  I certainly don't have 5
>>>> computers.
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>
>>> keith_w wrote:
>>> No. So long as you don't actually use, or sit at both computers at
>>> once, your usage is the same as a "single seat."
>
>> Are you saying that, legality aside, I could install Tiger from the
>> single user discs on 2 computers with no problem?
>>
>> Carol
>
> That's my belief.
> Think about it.
> If you had a single user license, and to be absurd about it, you
> installed it in 10 computers, here and there.
> Yet, those computers are in fact, never used by anyone but you, which
> means no other entity benefits from a single seat license, you are, 
> also
> in fact, adhering to the letter of the multiple use laws.
>
> keith


Carol/Keith:

I must honestly throw ice water into this discussion.

Legally, the "single seat" argument does not wash with Apple.  The 
Apple license terms clearly spells out the rules.  Carol needs either 
the "family license" or two separate licenses for two computers.  If 
you buy new boxes, the family license is cheaper than two separate 
licenses.  If you buy used, possibly you could find two separate 
license for less than one family license.

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple 
Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. This License 
does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at 
a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a 
network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

Al Poulin
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