tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) (07/26/90)
This may be a really dumb question, but I've not seen it
discussed anywhere, so I'll be the dummy:
What licensing arrangements are PC-DOS software vendors making
in re use of their software in PC-NFS/PC/TCP+ environments?
That is, what's to keep someone from placing multiple copies of
their favorite DOS (single-user) word processor or spreadsheet
on an NFS server and dishing it out to multiple PC's via the virtual
drive? (That is, other than their conscience?)
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Tim Evans 2201 Brookhaven Ct, Fallston, MD 21047angelini@irisa.fr (Pierre Antoine Angelini) (07/26/90)
In article <1698@fallst.UUCP> tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes: >This may be a really dumb question, but I've not seen it >discussed anywhere, so I'll be the dummy: > >What licensing arrangements are PC-DOS software vendors making >in re use of their software in PC-NFS/PC/TCP+ environments? >That is, what's to keep someone from placing multiple copies of >their favorite DOS (single-user) word processor or spreadsheet >on an NFS server and dishing it out to multiple PC's via the virtual >drive? (That is, other than their conscience?) >-- Answer: Nothing. ( other that your conscience and laws.) If you have a close look to your software licenses, you'll see that you can use it on ONE computer, whatever is the way you load it. When we want to load a software from our NFS server, we buy as many licenses as computers going to use it, though we install only one on the server. ( if it's a single-user software). If you want to obey the laws, some networks features semaphores/flags to count and restrict the numbers of users to the numbers of licenses.(Novell does it?) I think G.Eustace@massey.ac.nz did something about that on his PC-NFS network. ________________________________________________________________________________Pierre Antoine ANGELINI (PAA) | E-MAIL : angelini@irisa.fr IFSIC /IRISA | Atelier Micro | Telephone : 99.36.20.00 poste 480 Universite de Rennes I | Campus de beaulieu | Fax : 99.38.38.32 35042 RENNES CEDEX - FRANCE | --------------------------------PACE ET SALUTE----------------------------------