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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Explain to me why, having bought the software (or license, if you prefer) why I can't install it serially from machine A to machine B to machine C, if I scrap the prior machine? Still using the one license...
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That's not the kind of use I was referring to. I was referring to the practice of putting a copy of the SW on a CD or on the web, and letting millions of your best buddies download and install them. That's what was happening to MS and Adobe SW, essentially locking in customers to pirated copies.
Neither of them had a problem with your using their SW on the 2-3 PCs around your house; remember, back then it was unlikely that you had more than 1 PC in your house. It was only after better security that the number came down to 2 PCs with Adobe SW, and 1 PC with MS. Yes, that wasn't great... but considering how impossible it would be to allow greater numbers of users and
not allow the SW to be shared with other households, I can understand their plan to limit users to 1-2 and severely limit sharing beyond the household.
Can we get back to bashing Filch-zerland now?