Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?

[Jason S]

Now I wonder what could possibly have motivated the manifestation of this EU law...  Guess lobbies have work to do! On 09/15/15 18:15, Sven Constable wrote: Yeah, problematic. Reselling "used" software is allowed in the EU but since you don't own the software itself but just only the license (to use it), you would have to transfer the license to someone else. License transfer can only issued by Autodesk. Floating licenses are bound to machine name and MAC ID, both can be changed and AD will issue new licenses if you change your companys license server. So…hypothetical speaking, if you want to sell a license you'd need to contact AD to issue a new license file for new  machine name and MAC ID. You will get a new lic file, give it to the buyer and he can use it in his company. Problem is, if he will eventually needs to change server and/or MAC ID in the future, he cannot do it by himself. The contract is between you (as the actual owner)and AD, so YOU need to change it again and give this to the "2nd hand" owner. I don't think this is practical in any way, but doable.   All also very grey and shady. I think that’s the reason why AD and other companies trying to go subscription and rental. This way they keep control of the usage. Get paid for usage instead of selling. Keeping absolute control of the product, since the costumer no longer owns anything.   sven