I agree. Also, the fact that Apple sell a five licence pack indicates to me that they expect one licence to cover only one machine. Frank.
2009/8/26 Jason Davies <[email protected]> > > Nicholas Holt wrote on 26/8/09 at 17:45 > > >Its probably in the licence that one agrees to but (I'm guessing here) > >I'm probably not alone in admitting I've never read one. > > before we get too informal, I should put my list-mom hat on. And > tell myself off, first and foremost. > > I'm not going to look up the User Agreement right now but I am > certain it says you are limited to installing on machines you > use personally. It may even say one machine. My point in saying > that Apple don't seem to check was part of an argument that, > despite the apparent absence of draconian measures, they offer a > reasonable 5-licence household pack and that in the case of Snow > Leopard, *not* buying the requisite number of licences seems > rather petty, given its price. > > The absence of legal measures seems to me not an oversight or > invitation to break the licence agreement but rather an > invitation to rise above the kind of petty and troublesome > suspicion that Windows seems to have by being trustworthy and > buying the right number of licences. > > That's the list admin's public and personal position and I'm > spelling it out in case I seemed to be encouraging people not to > buy enough licences (I was never arguing that). > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
