I’m about to purchase a licence but there is something that isn’t clear to me even though I read through the terms and searched the forum.
Is the licence period (3 months, one year) meant as calender time in which I can activate the product for certain periods (e.g. a week) or is it a relative amount of time that can be split into as many activation periods as I like with gaps in between so that it can actually stretch for longer (according to the calendar)?
The latter would be almost too good to be true…
…Then I don’t understand the activation periods though.
Are they only there to make it possible to handle the licences more flexible?
The license activation periods enable you to swap your license among more computers during the licence validity period.
See also: License activation, transfer and renewal
Hi lubenko,
thanks, I already saw that.
I was just wondering if there were any other reasons.
To be honest, I find your licencing policy a bit complicated.
I know this is a matter of personal preference, but prefer it immensely if I can buy a program and then handle everything locally, without having to worry about basically losing the program for (worst case) almost a year when my hardware needs to change.
I don’t know about others, but to me it seems quite unpractical to have to uninstall the program before being able to install and then activate it on another machine. That may work in the case one buys a new machine but is night impossible if you want anything approaching the flexibility of a floating licence.
Are you going to change that in the future?
Alternatively, have you considered to offer shorter time periods for your full licence?
I just wished there would be a “Hobbyist” Licence, working only on Weekends or you can pay for some days.
I dont find it to expensive, but in my 3 month period i used it not enough, allmost 1 month gone without using.
Mostly using it Weekends and maybe 1-2 nights in a week, the rest time is for the family
I’m about to re-activate my license but have a discussion now with my wife where the money goes for this hobby.
Give us a family CR version, limited pictures maybe or so.
What happens when a computer crashes? If the hardware is lost, is there anyway we can swap quickly to another computer, or do we have to wait for the next activation period?
PS: @Wishgranter, Most of the threads I see are ended by a “Please contact me by email”. I find it problematic as we, other users cannot find our answers.
What happens when a computer crashes? If the hardware is lost, is there anyway we can swap quickly to another computer, or do we have to wait for the next activation period?
Hi lubenko,
thanks, I already saw that.
I was just wondering if there were any other reasons.
To be honest, I find your licencing policy a bit complicated.
I know this is a matter of personal preference, but prefer it immensely if I can buy a program and then handle everything locally, without having to worry about basically losing the program for (worst case) almost a year when my hardware needs to change.
I don’t know about others, but to me it seems quite unpractical to have to uninstall the program before being able to install and then activate it on another machine. That may work in the case one buys a new machine but is night impossible if you want anything approaching the flexibility of a floating licence.
Are you going to change that in the future?
Alternatively, have you considered to offer shorter time periods for your full licence?
It is also made this way because of security reasons - mostly regarding software piracy. We are considering floating licenses. Please forward your wishes to this part of the forum: viewforum.php?f=7. Please use the search option before starting a new topic.
I just changed my computer (moved to a more powerful machine).
Do I really have to wait for my next activation period ? This is not flexible as I am already not using the previous machine but would like to start using the new one right now.
I just changed my computer (moved to a more powerful machine).
Do I really have to wait for my next activation period ? This is not flexible as I am already not using the previous machine but would like to start using the new one right now.
Thanks,
Jonathan.
Yes, these are the current rules and you have accepted them before installation and activation of the software. You need to plan ahead accordingly.
