Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:17:15 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 14:10:26, Paolo Casaschi wrote: > >>Okay we expected a turmoil. ;-) You will be able to use it on two or more >>machines. Just submit your Hardware Fingerprint of each of your systems. There >>is no hard-limit but it should be clear that one license isn't meant for a >>10-machine-farm. Two or three are okay though. If you move to a new computer >>after some time you will get a new key for your new computer as well. > >Unfortunately, the customer base you are looking at (computerchess fans aiming >to the top chess strenght) is the one most likely to continuosly change their PC >to higher specs. So what is the problem? They do not use 10 computers and there is no problem in getting 3 keys today and another key later when you change your computer. > >Also, you charge for a "per computer licence" a similar amount as the more >flexible licence from ChessBase and the like (where still you are supposed to >run the program on a single machine at any time, but it is possible or at least >tolerated for a single user to install on multiple machines) > >--Paolo I do not see the problem The licence is not per computer and people are allowed to use fruit in 3 computers with no problem including upgrading their system if they do not replace all the PC. I think that not a lot of customers have many computers and people who have many computers are probably rich enough to buy also many copies of fruit(one copy for every 3 computers) Uri
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