On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:34 AM, Michael Winter wrote:
>
> On Aug 30, 2011, at 7:57 PM, LuKreme wrote:
>
>> Lawrence Sica <[email protected]> squawked out on Tuesday 30-Aug-2011@10:14:36
>>> If 10 people use a computer you need to own 10 licenses for them to all use
>>> it if it is commercial.
>>
>> No. If ten people use *a* computer you need one license.
>>
>> If one person uses ten computers, you need one license.
>>
>> If ten people use ten computers, you need ten licenses.
>
> I wish it were that simple. That makes sense, but software licenses and
> "sense" don't always go together. Different companies write the license in
> different ways. Some license the software to a person (that one person can
> use it wherever they are), some license it to a single machine (anybody can
> use it on that one machine), others license it to a single user on a single
> machine.
I think you are simply talking at cross-purposes. I believe when Lawrence said
"if it is commercial" he meant "sold directly by the owner." You are
describing the rules for Apple Store purchases, which are no sold directly by
the owner.
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