everchangingdeity opened this issue on Aug 16, 2002 ยท 51 posts
terminusnord posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 12:24 PM
I have no problem with legitimate gift giving. I also agree with you that non-transferable licensing sucks. So long as you are no longer using a product, and are definitely not keeping any copies for yourself, I think it's totally reasonable to be able to pass it on to someone else. Most software companies allow this too, if you arrange a transfer of the license with them (pain, but still better than a flat-out non-transferable license). Daz and the Marketplace don't agree with us on this point though; they argue that a if the product as been used at all, you have paid for whatever profit or enjoyment you got from using it, and you cannot expect to recoup this cost (just a different viewpoint really). In the end though, I have agreed to uphold the Marketplace terms because I want to sell there, because it will help keep R'osity running. For me, the non-transferable license issue is a minor quibble at best. I'd be happy to sell any of my customers a transferable license for $0.01 :-D -Adam