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From: witters@fluke.UUCP (John Witters)
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: Re: Piracy and Programming
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 11:59:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 11:59:09 1984
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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Actually, there is another solution.  Rather than having individuals buy the
software, the corporation buys the software and negotiates a "site license"
with the seller.  This gives the corporation, and the individuals that work for
it, the right to make as many copies as they want, and run it on as many
machines as are available.  The agreement usually specifies that the software
is not to be distributed outside the corporation using it.  The cost is usually
the cost of one copy of the software plus a license fee, which is usually quite
high.  The total cost, however, is a lot less than the cost of multiple copies
of the software, especially if your organization has hundreds of PCs.

The disadvantage of this scheme is that one must usually wait a few months for
the lawyers to work out a site license agreement, and for the purchaser to
haggle over the size of the site license fee.  This can take a while because
obviously the seller would much prefer to sell individual copies.  However, the
seller usually cooperates when it is made clear that NO copies of the software
will be purchased without a site license.

-- 
						John Witters
						John Fluke Mfg. Co.  Inc.
						P.O.B. C9090 M/S 243F
						Everett, Washington  98204

						(206) 356-5274