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From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Troubles with Lattice C, Part I: legal, licensing, upgrade
Summary: "for ONE machine... and if only YOU are running this master disk, ok"
Keywords: Lattice C legal license upgrade
Message-ID: <549@ardent.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 88 23:23:38 GMT
References: <3706@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <3706@bsu-cs.UUCP>, cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa) writes:
> 
> to the 2000.  In a totally separate purchase, another friend and I "went in 
> together" on ANOTHER Amiga 1000 with software; this friend kept the computer 
> (I had MINE already) and we "divvied up" the software.
> 
> As part of this deal, I wound up with an original copy of Lattice C, v3.03.  
> license to use the package on ONE machine. 

Many manufacturers seem to be writing their licenses to state that it can
be used on only one machine at any one time.  This implies that you are
the licensee, not the machine, and if you carry it from home to work
and back for example, as long as it is actively in use at only one place
at one time you should be ok.  I am not aware of whether or not Lattice
interprets it that way, but I see no reason why not.  One presumes that
your friend did not keep any copies of the compiler software, so the
package owner mayhaps is the license owner as well.  If he did indeed
register the package to him, he should (might) have an update card
that goes along with it.  Lattice started this with 3.04 I think and
to get updates, you have to send the card in each time.  I have cycled
my own card twice, once for 3.10 and another time for 4.0.  If you don't
have the card, they'll ask for $50.00 to produce a new one to match
the serial number of your compiler disk.  This may also be true for
a case of change of ownership, such as yours, though it may be possible
that a nice letter to them perhaps also signed by your friend, could
be used to transfer the ownership and they'd tell you how much to
upgrade to the latest version (4.02 I guess).  Prolly neighborhood
of $75-$125, and prolly that'd include the good old update card
for the next round.  Lotsa guesswork here, but they were good to me,
so I'd say try to deal with 'em.

Rob Peck