- AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE ACTIVATION CODE
- AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE INSTALL
- AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE LICENSE
That’s right, you may not write any “programs, modules, components, or functionality” unless they “contribute significant value-added functionality or enhancements” to AutoCAD. You may not redistribute all or any portion of an API Module.
AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE INSTALL
You may Access the application programming interfaces that may be included with or in the Software or otherwise available from Autodesk for use with the Software (“API’s”) to develop programs, modules, components or functionality that (i) are compatible with and are used and/or interfaced with the Software and (ii) contribute significant value-added functionality or enhancements to the Software (“API Modules”) provided You may Install and Access such API Modules solely on Computers where a licensed copy of the Software is also installed and further provided such Installation and Access is solely in connection with Your Installation and Access of the Software and solely for Your internal business needs. Section 2.1, “License Grant”, contains ominous new language. I could go on and on about small wording changes, and while it would be interesting to contemplate why each change was made (and how many scheming lawyers it took to do it), we’d risk missing the forest for the trees. Yes, Autodesk has redefined “You” whether “you” like it or not. Rounding out changes in definitions is a change in the definition of “You”. Incidentally, did you know that Autodesk considers an AutoCAD reseller’s invoice to be “user documentation”?
The definition of “User Documentation” was very slightly changed from “…after You acquire or Install the Software…” to “…when or after You acquire or Install the Software…”. Moving along, I see that they added a definition for “Uninstall”, defining it as “to destroy or remove”.
They don’t come right out and say that they won’t allow it, so maybe they won’t mind - but then what’s the point of including this clause? Tim Vernor won’t be very happy about this change. Next time you’re eyeing that used copy of AutoCAD 2010 on eBay, be warned that Autodesk is not obligated to permit you to install or use the software.
AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE ACTIVATION CODE
IN SUCH AN EVENT, AUTODESK IS NOT OBLIGATED TO ISSUE AN ACTIVATION CODE OR OTHERWISE PERMIT YOU TO INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. SOFTWARE OBTAINED FROM THIRD PARTIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED OR ALLOWED BY AUTODESK, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO SUPPLY SOFTWARE IS LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE IN VIOLATION OF AUTODESK’S RIGHTS. Substantively, there are a number of very interesting changes. Apparently nobody was listening, so they turned up the volume. The 2009 EULA started out in a fairly mellow mixed case with a few shouts thrown in for effect, but the 2010 EULA dispenses with the lower case and launches right into a multi-paragraph avalanche of screaming block letters. The first change I noticed is that the AutoCAD 2010 EULA contains more shouting. I won’t divulge the process I used to automate the comparison, because the odds are pretty good that I violated the EULA somewhere along the way, and I want plausible deniability. I compared the AutoCAD 2010 EULA for US/Canada to the AutoCAD 2009 EULA.
AUTOCAD 2010 SOFTWARE FOR SALE LICENSE
Everyone else is discussing all the cool new features in AutoCAD 2010, so I decided to have a look at what’s new in the EULA (End User License Agreement).