Hi Dirk, I'm glad you guys understand how developers work (Work on only one machine? no way! Minimum: laptop + desktop, and as others have noted, often: desktop (home office), desktop (office), laptop (everywhere else!)).
However, I think your license agreement should be explicit in granting what you say above. The problem with leaving it the way it is now is that it's not clear if we are in violation or not (not sure how a post on a forum plays legally - does that constitute an "official" amendment to a license agreement? Why not put what you said above into the license agreement and make it explicit? "As long as you don't use Versions simultaneously on multiple machines, we're absolutely cool if you use the same license code on several machines as long as those are all machines belonging or primarily used by the same person." That seems to say it pretty well to me. My only gripe _might_ be that when I'm debugging a nasty bug I sometimes work on two machines at the same time, well, generally time-slicing, but using both back and forth. I'd like to be able to leave Versions open on both machines while I do that, but it's not a show-stopper if I have to quit one and then relaunch (boring though!). For reference, The OMNI Group license for OmniOutliner contains this: "The Omni Group grants to you a non-exclusive, limited right to install and use The Omni Group software program downloaded or contained on the CD-ROM or disk (the "Software"). The license permits either (a) multiple users to install and use the Software on a single machine; or (b) a single user to install and use the Software on multiple machines. However, a single license does not allow multiple users to ever use Software on multiple machines, regardless of whether such use is concurrent, except in the case of Family Pack licensing. " Clause (b) is the one that pertains to your situation (I don't know that you want to allow (a), though that seems reasonable to me also). Some developers make it more restrictive and say only use it on two machines, and only purchaser/licensee may use it. E.g., BBEdit: "You may use the program and documentation on not more than two (2) machines and copy the program and documentation into any machine-readable or printed form for backup or support of your use of the program and documentation on either or both machines, provided that no copy of the program and documentation may be used by anyone other than you." Please consider amending your License agreement to be more explicit about supporting the configurations many/most developers actually want/ need to use. Thank you, tyler --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to versions@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
