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Subject: Re: Sharing Harddrive.... sharing software?
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Date: 9 Jan 91 22:01:49 GMT
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From article <77158@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, by macman@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert):
> Uh, not to be a real pain.... but wouldn't sharing a hard drive mean that
> the software would technically be installed on two machines?
> 
> This sounds illegal to me!

It's only *installed* on one machine, but the situation in question
means it could be *used* on > 1 machine simultaneously.  So, yes,
that may violate licensing restrictions and be illegal.

Some licenses restrict use to one person at a time but allow multiple
installation, so presumably if only one of the two people sharing the
drive were using such a program, it'd be OK.
--
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu