Re: Software 'licensing' <RANT>

[Ruel@ix.netcom.com]

John Bowling wrote:
if a
> >single user purchases software for his exclusive use, he ought to be able
> >to use that same software on as many computers as he wants, provided that
> >he only uses one copy at a time.
> 
> Most companies don't agree with that.  In fact, many of them are using a
> hardware key to prevent someone from doing it.  They assume that if you
> are allowed to do it that the company will buy one copy and use it on
> every computer in the company (and many have done exactly that, including
> government offices).  And with most computers now networked, they insist
> on a site license and they put in network detectors that will
> shut their software down if the site license isn't properly setup.


I don't agree with there philosophy behind that.  You bought the
program, you should  be able to use it whereever you want.