Erik Reuter wrote:

> By the way, do programmer's get site licenses for the
> programs they work on? I was just wondering whether you
> are allowed to use more than one copy of AutoCAD in your
> house at the same time (by different people).

The "development" version of Solid Edge (the CAD program I
work on) is a little different than the "setup" version the
customers and testing crew use, so licensing is not an issue.
The setup version tests for licensing, and it's installed
using... you guessed it... Windows setup. ;-) For the
development version, we run a batch script to download zip
files from a central server computer. The batch then extracts
the zips, which contain the pre-built DLLs and source code
files, and extract them to the right places, then another
batch script rebuilds the source code that's changed since
the last official build, and a final batch sets up the
computer to be able to debug the software while it's running.

If AutoCAD works the same way, then licensing is not an
issue. I would imagine that they don't care if their
developers use the software for their own personal use,
as long as they're not spreading the license-free version
around to pirates.

Hey, it feels good to apply knwoledge from my job to the
list for once... ;-)
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