Softsnow opened this issue on Sep 14, 2000 ยท 8 posts
Softsnow posted Thu, 14 September 2000 at 2:42 PM
When MetaCreations sold Bryce to Corel, did the copyrights to all the old versions of Bryce transfer over to Corel or does MetaCreations still own them? I'm asking as I would like to install my Bryce 4 on more than one machine, but know better because of piracy issues... BUT, if I could crawl between the cracks somewhere along the way....
Sinv-jica posted Thu, 14 September 2000 at 4:19 PM
u must be kidding, like it really matters if u install it on more then one machine. I don't think big brother is looking over your shoulder that cloesly, unless your on the show
Caligula posted Thu, 14 September 2000 at 6:39 PM
Relax. For home use, you don't have to worry. It's perfectly acceptable to have more than one copy of an application. If you were to make free copies for your friends or use multiple copies for your office workers, that would not be OK. Some programs (Photoshop, for instance) are smart enough to see if there are multiple copies of the same application (and license) on a LAN but I don't think Bryce is one of these.
bonestructure posted Fri, 15 September 2000 at 3:56 AM
Bryce doesn't have any contingency for selling multiple use licenses, so my guess is that if it's installed on more than one machine that's okay. Where you would run into problems is if you were making copies and redistributing the program. But for your own use, or use by a team, I suspect there's not a problem.
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Spanfarkle posted Fri, 15 September 2000 at 10:52 AM
I think you should ask Corel to get a definite answer on that, helps to prevent future legal hassles.
Softsnow posted Fri, 15 September 2000 at 11:07 AM
I agree that I should probably ask Corel. The reason I'm asking is that I'm teaching Bryce4 to 5th grade GT kids. I have access to three computers, so it would be really helpful to be able to have it on all three. Thanks for the advice all. Pat
Softsnow posted Tue, 19 September 2000 at 12:21 PM
The response I received from Corel was (in not so many words) that they could care less what I do with MetaCreations version of Bryce4... Guess I can install at will!!
KenS posted Tue, 19 September 2000 at 2:42 PM
From how I understand it, it is ok to have multiple copies installed on several machines at the same location, only catch is that it can be running simultaniously, that means it cant be running on 2 machines at the same time, but you can, Like Poser for example, with the latest 4.03 patch, it does a network check to make sure Poser inst open and running on any other machine on your network, if it is, Poser wont load and run until the other machine has closed and unloaded Poser. yu can install on several machines, yu just cant legally have it running on more than 1 at a time. Ken