The saga continues...
I bought a used copy of MX 2004.
Tried to register it. Failed.
Got the previous owner to release the license
Tried again. Failed. Called Macromedia.
Previous owner registered it on a Windows machine, I can't register it
on a Mac. "Well OK, One Time Only, after we get the Transfer of
Ownership Form we'll let you swap platforms on this copy, but it'll cost
you $25 dollars. It's in the EULA you know."
That's ABunchOfStuff.
I've read the whole thing.
The salient parts in the EULA are paragraph 3.d.:
(d) Other than with respect to a Trial Version or a Not For Resale
Version of the Software, you may permanently transfer all of your rights
under this EULA only as part of a sale or transfer, provided you retain
no copies, you transfer all of the Software (including all component
parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, the
serial numbers, and, if applicable, all other software products provided
together with the Software), and the recipient agrees to the terms of
this EULA. If the Software is an upgrade, any transfer must include all
prior versions of the Software from which you are upgrading. If the copy
of the Software is licensed as part of the whole Studio (as defined
above), the Software shall be transferred only with and as part of the
sale or transfer of the whole Studio, and not separately. You may retain
no copies of the Software. You may not sell or transfer any Software
purchased under a volume discount. You may not sell or transfer any
Trial Version or Not For Resale Version of the Software.
and paragraph 3.k.:
(k) You may receive the Software in more than one platform but you shall
only install or use one platform.
I understand Macromedia wishes to keep someone from swapping the
software back and forth from platform to platform (paragraph k) and that
they want to block a user from doing that by 'selling' the software back
and forth to himself. Fine. Say so.
I submit that it's quite a stretch to read paragraphs d and k and get,
"Oh and by the way, whatever platform the software is first installed on
is the platform it's for from then on, even if you sell it. But we'll
swap it just once for $25, after that it's nailed down, no really, we
mean it this time."
There's no mention of this in the Transfer of Ownership Form either.
I'm just grumpy. I saved more than the $25 by buying used. It's not the
money. I'm cranky about the delay this is causing. And running into
un-published rules always pissed me off.
So, thanks for letting me vent and I hope this keeps someone else from
having this problem.
And maybe someone at Macromedia can pass this to whoever wrote the EULA
and the Transfer or Ownership Form.
--
Carl West
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http://carl.west.home.comcast.net
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