I do not think that they are too worried if you stick it on a second machine. Though if you were really egregious and stuck it on twenty then yes I would expect trouble. Though in 18 months time I plan getting two more machines so the family pack would be perfect for me. At the moment I only have one machine that would benefit anyway so I am not that pushed to misbehave.
David > this used to be a queation of whether you use both machines at the > same time. Once upon a time if you had Microsoft Office installed on > an iMac and a Macbook (for exaple) it would sense (if you were > networked) that you already had Office open on one computer and > refuse to open it on the other. In theory at the time you could > install on both if you only used one at a time... > > Nowadays I'm not so sure, the law may have changed, so if you want > to install Snow Leopard on both computers it would be cheaper, not > to mention easier legally, to buy a family pack £39 for up to five > machines, as opposed to £58 for two (or one for two). > > Having perused the Apple Support pages, I still don't know what the > law relating to licencing of Snow Leopard stipulates, but I would > bet that Apple will sue the pants off you if they find out you're > "misusing" a copy of their OS. > > Frank. > > > > 2009/8/26 Nicholas Holt <[email protected]> > > My question really relates to one person having a laptop and a desktop > machine. > I believe some licences allow software to be loaded onto both with a > single licenece. > But this relates to Snow Leopard iLife and iWork. > Do I need to buy a family pack? > Nick > On 25 Aug 2009, at 22:18, Nicholas Holt wrote: > > > > > Please could someone remind me whether one needs to buy the family > > pack if one has an iMac and a Macbook to upgrade. > > Many thanks > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
