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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:37 pm
by rivoli
well, some software have non-transferable license, brazil for instance. i don't know whether or not this is legal in the UE, but i believe it is if cleary stated in the EULA you accept when purchasing maxwell.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:58 pm
by Brett Morgan
its pretty much the same everywhere, though I read some posts where alias and luxology have allowed this in extenuating (sp?) circumstances.
Brett
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:54 pm
by Prowler
but the Cinema 4D license - for example - is transferable...
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:26 pm
by lwan
PiledotNET wrote:You can't transfere or sell a 3ds max licens too
officially you can't, in real world this can be negociated with discreet..
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:51 pm
by x_site
:: well this is all academic for now... but i am sure it is an issue that can be challenged in EU... i wouldn't worry about it too much, sinse the fact that this was not made clear to us at the time of purchase will void any such issues.::
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:35 am
by Kabe
Well, this has two aspects:
First: NL can not stop you if you sell it. First, in most EU contries there is no such thing as a "license" for standard software, you buy a thing, and you become the owner of the thing. And even if there is in some countries: No license is valid in the EU, if issued after the purchase. That's btw. the reason Quark sells from Switzerland...
HOWEVER: There's also no right to get an upgrade.
So if NL doesn't sell an upgrade to an 1.0 owner who didn't bought it from them - and they probably won't -, there's really nothing you can do.
Kabe
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:35 pm
by Kabe
Adam Trachtenberg wrote:Good point Kabe, although it would be pretty silly of NL IMO. As long as they track serial numbers they can make sure they're not selling >1 upgrade per license. By refusing to sell they'd just be turning down money and dead-ending one of their customers.
No, they are not dead-ending one of *their* customers, the buyer just isn't their customer.
If someone really needs Maxwell, they could sell him a *new* copy even if there would be people on the market who would like to sell theirs.
What is a bit silly about this is another aspect: If it's so restrictive, people might reconsider their purchase in the first place.
Kabe