SolidWorks Licence Resale
SolidWorks Licence Resale
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Hi There
Is it possible to buy a licence of SWX in an auction or otherwise from somebody who wants to sell it? I asked this question because Licence agreement says it is a Non-Transferable licence.
Thanks
Is it possible to buy a licence of SWX in an auction or otherwise from somebody who wants to sell it? I asked this question because Licence agreement says it is a Non-Transferable licence.
Thanks






RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=3119
I hope this helps.
Rob Stupplebeen
RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
In general, if you simply want to sell an "extra" license, you're probably out of luck. Your best bet is to contact your VAR.
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Matt Lorono
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Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion
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RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
You should be able to get something similar to the attached 'Account Change Request' from your VAR.
This form can be used to update your account information for your license, including changing the registered name to someone else.
Obviuosly the current owner needs to help. If you buy it at auction, you will probably need to get power of attorney or something to facilitate the previous owner's part of the transfer.
Don't know if this is standard for all VARs.
RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
If SolidWorks chooses not to provide a key (action on their part) that's not interference, but withdrawal of participation. I'm not saying I agree that such an attitude is right or ultimately even good corporate policy, but in all I've read on this topic, I cannot see the cases as played out in the recent past as compelling SolidWorks to actively take part in making their second-hand software functional.
However, if you go back a few releases, you won't need anything from SolidWorks except the static activation codes (which ought to have been written on the CD case by the owner of that seat of software). No Internet or SolidWorks participation is required.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
Cheers
Greg Locock
New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?
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I can remember buying a old-Computer & Microsoft still updated my service packs(But I never attempted to Upgrade to Vista or WIN7) ....are there diffrent set of rules in CAD softwares only????
@ Greg
The big companies can re-sell it by selling the company or by other "legal means" so 1 Million is still there in Asset books. But on the other hand, There is aparently a big market to loose here, where DIY people, Small contractors, Free-lancers can buy softwares & try & if something goes wrong or they are finished with a project can sell & walk away(like most other businesses) by making a smaller loss.
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John H. Dunten, CD
Certified Drafter
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Matt Lorono
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Where I've seen a parallel to what the CAD vendors are doing in another arena is with music sales. To say the music purchased is really a license (and not a physical media disc, such as a CD) is disingenuous, since anyone who's ever had a lost, scratched or broken disc has found they don't have means to get their media-less license reactivated. Instead, they're hosed. Which is it--sale of license (alone) or sale of physical media? Both cannot be true. We see the vendors take their choice of both worlds, much to the contradiction of their stated "license" stance.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
RE: SolidWorks Licence Resale
Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion
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If you buy a book that is written in some arcane code, the publisher is not obligated to give you the code key.
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Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion
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Purchaser of resold SW DVDs is entitled to use them. He can install software wherever he pleases. When he gets to the point where he needs a license key, SW has no obligation to do anything. Software that does not operate without a key can be said to be operating normally.
The reason Autodesk got in trouble s because they were interfering wth the sale of physical copies. Nothing obligates them to support anyone whom they do not have a service agreement with.
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Matt Lorono
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Well, there's a marketing opportunity. Either a competing CAD company sells fungible seats, or a third party buys seats and hires them out.
The fact this hasn't happened to date is interesting, but the current system looks like a stuffed business model to me.
Cheers
Greg Locock
New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?
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BTW, Patent Exhaustion works very similarly as First-Sale Doctrine in terms of a sale.
Matt Lorono
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Unless you have very very deep pockets to challenge the license scheme I suggest you forget it.