> If the company went bankrupt, there should have been a trustee assigned to
> handle the disposition of the company assets. The trustee should still
have
> authority to speak on behalf of the company. The trustee should be on
public
> record with the bankruptcy court. Find the trustee and

all that's quite correct, most likely, but

> have them sign the license over to you.

Do they even have this piece of paper?  Maybe, buried in some long-lost file
folder whose value has been unknown ever since its creation.  It's not so
simple as an affidavit saying we sold suchnsuch to sonso; HP wants the
"original signed invoice" creating the initial sale!

> Of course they will probably charge legal fees to do this.  But it is
probably
> better than having a boat anchor.

Agreed.  Again though, my claim of ownership should be good enough.  If HP
chooses to go to its licensee of record to ask if I stole the box from their
computer room, well, have fun with that, but again, they'd just be
pretending they're the police in search of crimes they're not likely to
find, else why would the perp be reporting?

Tracy Pierce

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Avenell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MPE Licensing (Thanks to Jeff Vance)
>
>
> Ditto from me.  When a company goes bankrupt and sells off
> their systems,
> you can't get a license transfer unless the person at the now defunct
> company signs it over to you.  They know who the owner/user
> was but it is
> confidential information and they need to protect the user's
> information.
> THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT!!
> Catch-22 is right.
>
> Guy Avenell
> www.hptraderonline.com
>