I'm not sure its that simple. I looked into this EU ruling in my AD time and l was told at the time by one of the legal guys that its is Autodesk's belief that their license transfer policy is compatible with the EU ruling. I would advise checking with Autodesk and/or one of their partners on this though, if you wanted to take things further. On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 at 22:29, Tom Kleinenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I believe in the EU second-hand trading of software licenses are legal. > http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240214493/Second-hand-software-legal-or-illegal > > Of course, finding somebody prepared to sell is possibly problematic. > > On 15 September 2015 at 22:49, Tenshi . <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was saving for a Softimage license only, i thought i could get one from >> a reseller but now it's clear that we need to spend 4k for a)software i >> don't want. b)software that is already dead. This is real? >> I want my machine to have at least one softimage license, not student or >> something like that. >> >> Really i don't see what is the trouble selling a dead software, what is >> the cost to that if they're saying those licenses are perpetual, so they >> don't need any servers to keep checking online? .. I find this whole >> situation absurd, really. >> If we have money, we can't buy;, and if they gave us an option the only >> one is spending too much for something i will not use. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Patrick Neese <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> As a hobbyist with a single license...I fear the day I create something >>> worth while that I have to figure out how to render with more than one >>> machine...since I only have one Mental Ray license for softimage. I'm >>> trying to learn Maya... It is unfortunate I can't have a softimage/mental >>> ray license (or 20) transferred to me from someone who just isn't using >>> the software anymore...or...is that possible? It appears the LSA could >>> allow for a transfer via written approval by Autodesk (2.1.1 of the >>> 2014 LSA) :) It's worth a shot :) >>> >> >> >
