Mike McCarty wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
I once couldn't read or view my old work after switching employer,
because I suddenly didn't have a licence for a certain program any
more and all work that was done with that program was more or less
lost.
Umm, you never did have that license, then, and you used the software
in an unauthorized manner. In short, you used a pirate copy.
Uh, no Mike, he was behind door number 3. Legally using his
employer's
license while employed and unable to do so once no longer employed
with that
individual/company.
I understand the situation completely. You apparently do not.
If he created (as he said) his *own* files using those tools,
and not those of his employer, then he used a pirate copy.
I am morally certain that the EULA did not include a clause like
"You are permitted to let other people who do not have a license
use this software, for their own purposes, so long as you do not
charge them, and they also use this software for you for your own
purposes."
I don't have the exact wording of the EULA here. And I don't care. In
German law, all EULAs are legally void, except for those that are
written on the box or contained in a contract signed before you buy the
stuff.
I used that scientific software for scientific research. I used it on a
computer with proper licencing. I did NOT break any licence when I used
it. I also didn't break any licence or labor contract or other law, when
I took my scientific data to a new location or when I copied MY data to
MY laptop.
However, at the new location I would have to buy a new licence (via my
new employer or privately) in order to be legally allowed to
read/view/modify my data.
Johannes
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