Request Codes are only necessary if you ownperpetual license software and need to request an activation codein order to manually activate software on a computer that doesnot have Internet access. Generating a request code is thefirst step of the process for.Note: Request codes and manual activationare required only for perpetual license software. You need avalid serial number and product key in order togenerate a request code for your perpetual license software.You do not need a Request Code for subscription software or inorder to. Generating a Request Code with the Product ActivationWizardYou will only see the screens for generating a request code inthe product activation wizard if your computer is notconnected to the Internet.
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If your computer has an activeInternet connection, the software will assume you want to activateonline and it will not display the screens for a Request Code.To generate a request code for manualactivation:. Disable your Internet connection and launch your software.This is an offline process. The screens below will onlyappear if your computer is not connected to theInternet. Click the Activate button on theFree Trial screen.Note: Autodesk software products will operate on aFree Trial license until activated.
If you purchased your softwareand didn't use it as a Free Trial, you still need to initiateactivation of your software from the Free Trial screen. Your screenmay look different depending on your product, but the processshould be similar for all supported products. Enter your Serial Number and Product Key and clickthe Next button. Select 'Request an activation code using an offline method' andclick the Next button.Note: You will only receive this screen and optionif you are using a computer that has no active Internetconnection. If your computer is connected to the Internet, thesoftware will assume you want to activate automatically over theInternet and you will not see the screen for generating a requestcode.Record the activation information provided.Process the activation in one of the following ways:.
Enter the information at to get anactivation code instantly.Complete the Web request form at the address provided on thescreen. (This method to get an activation code via email maytake up to 48 hours.). Click the Close button to exit thewizard and resume using your software in Free Trial mode. Finding Stored Registration InformationMost products will generate an HTML file containing your requestcode and registration information when you install your Autodeskproduct using a valid serial number and product key.Note: The registration file described below maynot be available for all products and platforms. If you cannot finda previously generated request code, please generate a new onefollowing the instructions above.
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See for a complete description of theprocess for activating your software offline. To find a Request Code saved on yourcomputer:. Search for ' USRegInfo.html' on yourcomputer.Note: The file's location and name will varydepending on your product and operating system. Here are examplesof typical locations for the registration information:. For Windows Systems:C:ProgramDataAutodeskAdlmProductNameVersionUSRegInfo.html.
For Mac Systems:/Library/ApplicationSupport/Autodesk/Adlm/ ProductNameVersionUSRegInfo.htmlDon't see your request code? See:. Open the file with your product name and version in the filename.
(protective licence)licenceDescriptionGrants all rightsGrants use rights, including right to relicense (allows, )Grants use rights, forbidsGrants rights for noncommercial use only. May be combined with copyleft.Traditional use of; no rights need be grantedNo information made publicSoftwarePD, no public licenceprivate, internal softwareOther creative worksPD, no public licenceunpublishedA software licence is a legal instrument (usually by way of, with or without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software. Under United States copyright law, all is protected, in both and forms, unless that software was developed by the United States Government, in which case it cannot be copyrighted. Authors of copyrighted software can donate their software to the, in which case it is also not covered by copyright and, as a result, cannot be licensed.A typical software licence grants the, typically an, permission to use one or more copies of software in ways where such a use would otherwise potentially constitute copyright infringement of the software owner's under copyright. Contents.Software licenses and copyright law Most distributed software can be categorized according to its license type (see table).Two common categories for software under copyright law, and therefore with licenses which grant the specific rights, are and (FOSS).
The distinct conceptual difference between the two is the granting of rights to modify and re-use a obtained by a customer: FOSS software licenses both rights to the customer and therefore the modifiable with the software ('), while proprietary software typically does not license these rights and therefore keeps the source code hidden (').In addition to granting rights and imposing restrictions on the use of copyrighted software, software licenses typically contain provisions which allocate liability and responsibility between the parties entering into the license agreement. In enterprise and commercial software transactions, these terms often include limitations of liability, warranties and warranty disclaimers, and indemnity if the software infringes intellectual property rights of anyone.Unlicensed software outside the scope of copyright protection is either (PD) or software which is non-distributed, non-licensed and handled as internal business. Contrary to popular belief, distributed unlicensed software (not in the public domain) is fully copyright protected, and therefore legally unusable (as no usage rights at all are granted by a license) until it passes into public domain after the has expired. Examples of this are unauthorized or software projects which are placed on public software repositories like without a specified license. As voluntarily handing software into the public domain (before reaching the copyright term) is problematic in some jurisdictions (for instance the ), there are also licenses granting PD-like rights, for instance the. Software licenses and rights granted in context of the copyright according to. Expanded by freeware and sublicensing.license (e.g.
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)FOSSlicense (e.g. )//retainedNoYesYesYesYesVery strictYesYesYesYesYesNoRight to displayYesYesYesYesYesNoRight to copyYesYesYesOftenNoLawsuits are filed by the owner against copyright infringement the mostYesYesYesNoNoNoRight to distributeYesYes, under same licenseYes, under same licenseOftenNoNoRight to sublicenseYesYesNoNoNoNoExample software, the majority of commercial video games and their,Server-sideprograms and services,forensic applications, and other line-of-business work.Ownership vs. Licensing Many or open source software houses sell the SW copy with a license to use it. There isn't any transferring of of the good to the user, which hasn't the warranty of a for life availability of the software, nor isn't entitled to sell, rent, give it to someone, copy or redistribute it on the Web.
License and may specify further that users can't negotiate individually or by way of a, and can uniquely accept or refuse, returning the product back to the vendor. This right can be effectively applied where the jurisdiction provides a mandatory time for the good decline right after the purchase (as in the ), or a mandatory public advertisement of the license terms, so as to be made readable by users before their purchasing.In the United States, Section 117 of the gives the owner of a particular copy of software the explicit right to use the software with a computer, even if use of the software with a computer requires the making of incidental copies or adaptations (acts which could otherwise potentially constitute ). Therefore, the owner of a copy of computer software is legally entitled to use that copy of software. Hence, if the end-user of software is the owner of the respective copy, then the end-user may legally use the software without a license from the software publisher.As many proprietary 'licenses' only enumerate the rights that the user already has underand yet proclaim to take rights away from the user, these contracts may lack.
Proprietary software licenses often proclaim to give software publishers more control over the way their software is used by keeping ownership of each copy of software with the software publisher. By doing so, Section 117 does not apply to the end-user and the software publisher may then compel the end-user to accept all of the terms of the license agreement, many of which may be more restrictive than copyright law alone.
The form of the relationship determines if it is a lease or a purchase, for example orThe ownership of, like software applications and, is challenged by 'licensed, not sold' of like. In the, the held that a copyright holder cannot oppose the resale of a digitally sold software, in accordance with the rule of copyright exhaustion on as ownership is transferred, and questions therefore the 'licensed, not sold' EULA. The Swiss-based company innovated the resale of business software and fought for this right in court. In Europe, expressly permits trading used computer programs. Proprietary software licenses. Further information:The hallmark of proprietary software licenses is that the software publisher grants the use of one or more copies of software under the (EULA), but ownership of those copies remains with the software publisher (hence use of the term '). This feature of proprietary software licenses means that certain rights regarding the software are reserved by the software publisher.
Therefore, it is typical of EULAs to include terms which define the uses of the software, such as the number of installations allowed or the terms of distribution.The most significant effect of this form of licensing is that, if ownership of the software remains with the software publisher, then the end-user must accept the software license. In other words, without acceptance of the license, the end-user may not use the software at all. One example of such a proprietary software license is the license for. As is usually the case with proprietary software licenses, this license contains an extensive list of activities which are restricted, such as:, simultaneous use of the software by multiple users, and publication of benchmarks or performance tests.The most common licensing models are per single user (named user, client, node) or per user in the appropriate volume discount level, while some manufacturers accumulate existing licenses. These open volume license programs are typically called open license program (OLP), transactional license program (TLP), program (VLP) etc. And are contrary to the contractual license program (CLP), where the customer commits to purchase a certain number of licenses over a fixed period (mostly two years). Licensing per concurrent/floating user also occurs, where all users in a network have access to the program, but only a specific number at the same time.
Another license model is licensing per dongle, which allows the owner of the dongle to use the program on any computer. Licensing per server, CPU or points, regardless the number of users, is common practice, as well as site or company licenses. Sometimes one can choose between perpetual (permanent) and annual license. For perpetual licenses, one year of maintenance is often required, but maintenance (subscription) renewals are discounted. For annual licenses, there is no renewal; a new license must be purchased after expiration. Licensing can be host/client (or guest), mailbox, IP address, domain etc., depending on how the program is used. Additional users are inter alia licensed per extension pack (e.g.
Up to 99 users), which includes the base pack (e.g. Some programs are modular, so one will have to buy a base product before they can use other modules.Software licensing often also includes maintenance. This, usually with a term of one year, is either included or optional, but must often be bought with the software. The maintenance agreement (contract) typically contains a clause that allows the licensee to receive minor updates (V.1.1 = 1.2), and sometimes major updates (V.1.2 = 2.0). This option is usually called update insurance or upgrade assurance. For a major update, the customer has to buy an upgrade, if it is not included in the maintenance agreement.
For a maintenance renewal, some manufacturers charge a reinstatement (reinstallment) fee retroactively per month, in the event that the current maintenance has expired.Maintenance sometimes includes. When it does, the level of technical support, which are commonly named gold, silver and bronze, can vary depending on the communication method (i.e.
E-mail versus telephone support), availability (e.g. 5x8, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day) and reaction time (e.g.
Three hours). Support is also licensed per incident as an incident pack (e.g. Five support incidents per year).Many manufacturers offer special conditions for schools and government agencies (EDU/GOV license). Migration from another product (crossgrade), even from a different manufacturer (competitive upgrade) is offered. Free and open-source software licenses.
Main articles: andThere are several organizations in the FOSS domain who give out guidelines and definitions regarding software licenses. Maintains non-exhaustive lists of software licenses following their and licenses which the FSF considers non-free for various reasons. The FSF distinguishes additionally between free software licenses that are or incompatible with the FSF license of choice, the. The defines a list of certified open-source licenses following their. Also the project has a list of licenses which follow their.Free and open-source licenses are commonly classified into two categories: Those with the aim to have minimal requirements about how the software can be redistributed , and the protective.An example of a copyleft free software license is the often used (GPL), also the first copyleft license.
This license is aimed at giving and protecting all users unlimited freedom to use, study, and privately modify the software, and if the user adheres to the terms and conditions of the GPL, freedom to redistribute the software or any modifications to it. For instance, any modifications made and redistributed by the end-user must include the source code for these, and the license of any derivative work must not put any additional restrictions beyond what the GPL allows.Examples of are the and the, which give unlimited permission to use, study, and privately modify the software, and includes only minimal requirements on redistribution. This gives a user the permission to take the code and use it as part of closed-source software or software released under a license.It was under debate some time if and public domain-like licenses can be considered as a kind of FOSS license. Around 2004 lawyer argued in the essay 'Why the public domain isn't a license' software could not truly be into public domain and can't therefore be interpreted as very permissive FOSS license, a position which faced opposition by and others.
In 2012 the dispute was finally resolved when Rosen accepted the as an, while admitting that contrary to his previous claims, copyright can be waived away, backed by decisions. See also.References. Hancock, Terry (2008-08-29). Retrieved 2016-01-25. ^ Larry Troan (2005). Archived from (pdf) on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
on codinghorror by. on.com by Simon Phipps (July 13, 2013). on opensource.com by Richard Fontana (13 Aug 2013). by Dr. Till Kreutzer, attorney-at-law in. From the original on 12 June 2016. January 28, 2009.
May 23, 2008. 2007-11-14. Walker, John (2012-02-01). Retrieved 2014-12-27. I asked gamer lawyer Jas Purewal about this a short while back, not specifically about Valve, and he explained that the matter is still unresolved.
“In fact,” he says, “it’s never been completely resolved for software generally.' . Purewal, Jas. ( on ). hg/mz (AFP, dpa) (2012-07-03).
Retrieved 2014-12-30. A European court has ruled that it's permissible to resell software licenses even if the package has been downloaded directly from the Internet.
It sided with a German firm in its legal battle with US giant Oracle. Voakes, Greg (2012-07-03). Retrieved 2014-12-30. Could this be the victory we need for a “gamer’s bill of rights”? DRM is an oft-cited acronym, and resonates negatively in the gaming community. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favor of reselling downloaded games. Simply put, legally purchased and downloaded games will be treated like physical copies of the game, and consumers can then sell their ‘used’ game.
InfoCuria – Case-law of the Court of Justice. Retrieved 2014-12-30. (Legal protection of computer programs — Marketing of used licences for computer programs downloaded from the internet — Directive 2009/24/EC — Articles 4(2) and 5(1) — Exhaustion of the distribution right — Concept of lawful acquirer). Timothy B.
Lee (2012-07-03). AP. Official Journal of the European Union Accessed on 14 March 2014. ^ Scholten, Thomas. Retrieved 21 May 2012. –.
on opensource.org. on debian.org. Retrieved 24 March 2010. (2004-05-25).
Retrieved 2016-02-22. by on cr.yp.to 'Most rights can be voluntarily abandoned ('waived') by the owner of the rights. Legislators can go to extra effort to create rights that can't be abandoned, but usually they don't do this. In particular, you can voluntarily abandon your United States copyrights: 'It is well settled that rights gained under the Copyright Act may be abandoned.
But abandonment of a right must be manifested by some overt act indicating an intention to abandon that right. See Hampton v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 279 F.2d 100, 104 (9th Cir. ' (2004). (2012-03-08). Archived from on 2016-03-12. The case you referenced in your email, Hampton v.
Paramount Pictures, 279 F.2d 100 (9th Cir. 1960), stands for the proposition that, at least in the Ninth Circuit, a person can indeed abandon his copyrights (counter to what I wrote in my article) - but it takes the equivalent of a manifest license to do so.:-). For the record, I have already voted +1 to approve the CC0 public domain dedication and fallback license as OSD compliant. I admit that I have argued for years against the 'public domain' as an open source license, but in retrospect, considering the minimal risk to developers and users relying on such software and the evident popularity of that 'license', I changed my mind.
One can't stand in the way of a fire hose of free public domain software, even if it doesn't come with a better FOSS license that I trust more.External links Wikibooks has a book on the topic of:. by. at the (archived July 21, 2011) by Jon Gillespie-Brown at knol.google.de. at the (archived July 21, 2011) knol.google.com. The Knowledge Net of Software Licensing on omtco.eu.
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