Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-08 Thread Shmuel
Here's one for $70: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adobe-FrameMaker-7-0-for-Windows-WebWorks-Publisher-/141498984829?pt=US_Image_Video_Audio_Softwarehash=item20f1ff297d They claim the copy was never registered at Adobe. -- Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer

Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-08 Thread Steve Rickaby
FWIW, I 'upgraded' from FrameMaker 6 to FrameMaker 7 for Mac years ago using a new unregistered upgrade copy obtained from eBay. It never gave me any problems. But I see that the title of this thread is 'used copies', and I guess that point has been well answered already. -- Steve

Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-08 Thread Robert Lauriston
That's true, but I didn't say it. FrameMaker 8 added Unicode support, which was a pretty radical change as regards fonts. FrameMaker 9 introduced the bad UI layer and lots of bugs that have never been fixed. On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)

RE: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-08 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Ah, yes, I misremembered the e-mails - it was Scott Prentice's: Once a license has been upgraded, it's no longer able to be transferred, and would not be a legal license. ... ...scott Sorry about that, Robert! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-07 Thread Hedley Finger
FrameMaker 7.2 was the last version I used, but the licence belonged to my employer. Now I want to start using it again but don't want to pay for 12.0. But there may be people out there who have successively upgraded to 12.0 who still have a 10.0, 9.0, or 8.0 installer CD in a drawer which is no

Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-07 Thread Robert Lauriston
Adobe's KB article on license transfers: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/transfer-product-license.html On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Hedley Finger hedley.fin...@gmail.com wrote: FrameMaker 7.2 was the last version I used, but the licence belonged to my employer. Now I want

Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Once a license has been upgraded, it's no longer able to be transferred, and would not be a legal license. If you can find a new in box or better yet unopened .. I'd think that's probably fine. I doubt seriously that anyone is using FrameMaker a a lure to install viruses. Not likely worth the

Re: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-07 Thread Hedley Finger
I was thinking that there may be someone who bought a version, say 9, then did not upgrade for a a few years and the ability to upgrade had expired. If that person then bought a later version -- by necessity, not being able to upgrade -- it seems to me that they could transfer the licence for the

RE: What is the situation with regards to buying used versions of FrameMaker?

2014-12-07 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, Hedley. Once a version 7.2 license has been used for an upgrade, it is no longer available for sale (or transfer of license) any more – Robert Lauriston is right about that. But, as it happens, I have some 7.2 licenses (and the original Adobe disks) which were not upgraded, so can make