On 5/16/06 at 2:56 PM, Evan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I noticed that I am now getting dialog boxes coming up on my > copies of BBEdit if I have them running concurrently on my machines at > home. They say: "Multiple copies of BBEdit with this serial number are > in use on your network. Please ask your colleagues to quit their > copies or quit your copy of BBEdit."
The spirit and letter of the license are such that you may install BBEdit on as many machines as you like, as long as only one copy is in use at any given time. Unfortunately, a number of years ago, we found that a noticeable number of unscrupulous outfits were abusing the license, and sharing a single BBEdit license inside of a workgroup or company. Consequently, a long time ago we put in place a mechanism to nudge such users toward doing the right thing. The mechanism takes into account the common usage pattern in which the licensed user has two machines (typically a laptop and a desktop) so as to avoid unnecessary annoyance in this common case. There's no need for you to purchase any additional licenses; all you need to do is quit whatever copy(ies) of BBEdit you're not actively using. Or, if you have it running on a machine that's infrequently used, install TextWrangler there instead. I think your ire is misdirected, though. :-) R. -- Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.barebones.com/> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
