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Hotfix available for Raster Design licensing issue

23 June 2009 at 12:09 pm » Comments (0)

Thanks to Brian and Rick for pointing out the availability of a hotfix for Raster Design 2010's standalone/network license incompatibility. As a bonus, it also fixes some Raster Design / ...more »

Network/standalone clash is confined to Raster Design

1 May 2009 at 9:09 am » Comments (4)

Autodesk has been in touch to confirm that the failure to allow a mixed network/standalone environment is confined to Raster Design. I haven't yet tested this myself, but I've been ...more »

Autodesk plans to fix Raster Design licensing SNAFU

27 April 2009 at 12:00 am » Comments (3)

I have been in touch with various people at Autodesk about Raster Design 2010's failure to work in a mixed standalone/network environment. These people have all been suitably apologetic, they ...more »

Should you read software license agreements?

22 April 2009 at 6:23 pm » Comments (3)

Evan Yares has raised an interesting point about the insolvency clause in Autodesk's End User License Agreement. Please read the whole thing, but the gist is that there's a clause ...more »

Autodesk messes up Raster Design 2010 licensing

20 April 2009 at 4:40 pm » Comments (10)

I was horrified to learn (in this Autodesk Discussion Group thread) that Autodesk has changed the rules as far as the way Raster Design licenses are handled. It's quite possible ...more »

More on ODA, Autodesk and click-through agreements

16 April 2009 at 11:48 am » Comments (0)

Evan Yares has provided more information on the incident I mentioned in my last post. Here it is: It was years ago. My guess was that the person who did ...more »

Evan Yares, ODA, Autodesk and click-through agreements

15 April 2009 at 4:44 pm » Comments (0)

I've always found it entertaining when the lawyers of CAD companies do their best to make their clients look like total jerks. The opening shots as presented by Evan Yares ...more »

What is a reasonable amount of time to wait for license codes?

17 October 2008 at 1:23 pm » Comments (2)

Software companies use a variety of differerent methods in their attempts to prevent piracy and restrict use of their software to legitimate paying customers. Yes, these attempts are generally futile. ...more »