Re: FMPro 7 on a USB-stick

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d-42 <db.porsche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 16, 4:24 pm, Helpful Harry <helpful_ha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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If you have to play around with things like registry settings to get it
to work, then you're almost certainly breaking the licensing agreement.
The agreements usualy state INSTALL ON ONE COMPUTER.

Harry,

You are allowed to move your licensed installation from one computer
to another at any time you like.

Yes, but only if you first uninstall the software from the original
computer and then install it on the new one.

The reason we are now getting a proliferation of these silly
"authentication" systems (some of which don't even work properly!) is
because people do not obey the rules of the agreements they sign by
opening the packaging and installing the product ... in fact most
people don't even bother reading the agreements.



What about installing Filemaker into a Virtual Machine? Like VMWare,
Parallels, Virtual PC etc? Is that allowed? Of course it is... its the
recommended way to generate Windows runtimes from an Mac for crying
out loud. Its also the best way to run old versions on Vista or
Leopard.

The license agreement for the FileMaker Advanced is a special case and
does allow you to install on TWO computers - one Mac and one Windows PC
- precisely for the purposes of checking compatibility and for making
runtimes.

The license agreement with the "home" / "student" versions of Microsoft
Office allow you to install it on three computers. The license
agreements for the "Family" pack for Mac OS X allows you to install it
on five computers.

Again, I don't know what FileMaker 8 or 9's license agreement
specifically does and doesn't allow. People MUST read the agreements
that come with the version of the software they are using. Blindly
saying you "can" do something when the agreement specifically tells you
that you are not allowed to is simply helping people pirate software,
which IS ILLEGAL and is not something we want in this newsgroup.


Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)
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