Jim asks:

> Hmmmmmm.  Does this seem to be slightly unethical (possibly illegal) to =
>
> anyone else?  I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that if you have =
>
> licensed software for a specific time period, with a specific expiration =

That's the problem ... most (all?) of the instances we've seen have been
where the user thought they had purchased the software ... the
expiration date came as a surprise.

We advocate:

   1) find out about the expiration date (if any);
      <plug> HourGlass works well for this ... and has lowest
             performance impact </plug>

   2) contact the company to discuss getting a non-expiring version;

   3) Use HourGlass to backdate that application if necessary
      and if you think it's ethically justified.

> supporting the software.  After all, the terms and conditions of the use
> of the software are spelled out in the license agreement, so you really
> have no one to blame but yourself if you get bit by this.

Sometimes things catch you by surprise.

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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