on 16/10/01 23:25, Steve Kidd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> especially with U of T site licences > > Again, I wanted to go back to this one. Eric, most people may not have > caught this, but that's piracy, my friend. I've worked in an educational > institution as well and know quite well that the site license does not allow > you to take home or make copies of those Burgundy discs. MS, etc. ship those > out as a service to the institution, not as a free-for-all for employees.
There was one point I wanted to re-respond to (my first post got lost b/c it was too long and I don't have the energy to re-write it). My mistake. Not site licence but licences. Universities (& maybe other organisations too) can buy large quantities of licences at a substantial discount and offer them for sale to faculty, staff and students (e.g. Office 2001 for $90). You can take these off-campus and install on your own computer provided you abide by the licence you purchased. You can purchase your own copy of the CD(s) ($10) or simply borrow the CD whenever you need to install. Just to recap, you buy the licence, and that gives you the right to use and install the software provided you stick to the licence. Apple requires an org to buy 1000 copies of their OS to offer substantial discount so there's no cheap source of OS X for me :( :( :( (bastards). I can see how they wouldn't be able to move 1000 licences in a school with only 70-80,000 people. A site licence is different (as you correctly noted) and only allows one to use a software within the confines of your organisation's mandate (you could use it at home but only if that conforms to your site licence). L8r, Eric. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
