Most fuel companies do a deal where you sign up and your prices are frozen for x years.  I think my deal was 4 years.  They're static till 2010.  Which means I'm paying now what I was paying around 3 years ago.

I think I had to pay a one off fee or something like that.  Long time ago...brain getting on in years....

You take the gamble because if prices go down, you still pay the higher rate. At the time prices were pretty stable but as they've gone up so much we were lucky.

As for the licencing thing.....I've never read up on reselling old versions. Something I wouldn't think of doing.
 

Gill