At 02:19 PM 2/14/02 -0600, esper wrote: > >>> esper at sherohman.org 02/14/02 01:44PM >>> > >>On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:27:57PM -0600, Shawn Fertch wrote: > >> I don't understand this. If you buy a licensed product, in essence don't > >> you now own that particular copy of it and it's license? > >No. The license may be revokable and/or have an expiration date. > >Indeed, but terms for revocation and/or expiration would >be spelled out in the licensing agreement. And terms for >end users (EULA) may be different from ones given to larger >organizations. And some of the terms may or may not >apply to you because of the laws in your country or state. As an example, the Telemagic for Unix contact management software I maintained back at Trimodal was licensed for "99 years." Then they dropped support for the Unix version completely. I felt good knowing I had 98 years to reverse-engineer the code ;-) -- Carl Patten