>>>>>Can I take my work copy of vfp50 home to work with?
>>>>>The people at my job bought vfp50. Now I am working
>>>>>the same job, but at home.. I am using my copy of
>>>>>vfp30. Can I use my work copy of vfp50 at home?
>>>>>thanks ED..
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>>>>Technically no, but if no one else is going to be using it at work while you're at home, then it's probably ok. At least, ethically, you're in the clear.
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>>>you do realise that ppl from micro$oft check this area regularly? i'm sure they'll have opinions on this... some software licenses say that a program can only be run on one machine at a time....
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>>Come on Dave...you're kidding right?
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>>Like I said..technically no. And if you had the time, you could uninstall foxpro at the office and install it at home each time you needed to and uninstall it at home prior to returning to the office and reinstall it. But, if the programmer/consultant/user of the work machine is the ONLY one who uses foxpro then the spirit of the license agreement is kept in tact without having to waste time installing and uninstalling. Truthfully, I'm not sure how Microsoft interprets its licenses. I have, however, spoken with other software companies that support this practice.
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>>I welcome anyone from MS to offer an opinion on this...
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>>Matt
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>Well, I don't work for M$, but here's the pertainant passage from the license agreement:
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>Software Product. Microsoft grants to you as an individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use copies of the SOFTWARE for the sole purposes of designing, developing, and testing your software product(s). Except as provided in Section 2(a), you may install copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on an unlimited number of computers provided that you are the only individual using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. If you are an entity, Microsoft grants you the right to designate one individual within your organization to have the right to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT in the manner provided above.
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>Section 2(a) covers Academic Edition Software. The key to this is the part that says "on an unlimited number of computers provided that you are the only individual using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT." As long as you're the only using it you can put on computers ad infinitum.
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>HTH
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>Gary

thanks Gary - that sums it up...Rob