Buying a used license?

[felixc]

Hi,

I'm not sure if the subject has been debated, but I'd like to buy AutoCAD LT2000. Autodesk does not support it anymore. As per the license contract, is it possible for someone to resell his license to someone else? (if he hasn't purchased an upgrade, of course)

I want LT2000 because I still use Win98 as my OS, and most of my other licenses are for older versions running under Win98. The newer versions require Win2K or XP. That would make my move very expensive. I'm just an occasional user.

Felix

 

[advidana]

check with autocad at the autodesk web site

 

[diamondjim]

I just bought LT2000, then LT2000 extender
package from a source in Germany. The
extender package does allow using autolisp
commands and it seems to run faster. I have
only been using it for a month so I have not
really that much experience with it, but so
far am quite pleased.

 

[PeterCharles]

I think you'll find that AutoDesk regard their licences as non transferrable so nobody can officially sell on the software.

They have their reasons. (Far be it for me to suggest they don't want a secondhand market for expired software that would stop users buying new and more expensive software!)

 

[Striker]

In the EULA (End Users Licensing Agreement)for AutoCAD, the license holder is expressly prohibited from transferring their license without the consent of Autodesk. This does not seem to apply when companies merge and/or are bought by other companies, although the license transfer does have to go throuh Autodesk first(then they will decide if you can transfer the license or not). This license agreement has been tested in some foreign countries and it has been determined that the portion of the license regarding the non-transferability of the license to another party has been found invalid in some jurisdictions. Right off top of my head I cannot recall any specific countries, but I remember reading about it, although it has been some time ago.
Best bet, if you want the functionality of AutoCAD, ,but not the overhead, invest in IntelliCAD from

http://www.cadopia.com,

it has all of the features of full fledged AutoCAD, including VBA and LISP, reads and writes DWG files and best of all is reasonable.

 

[felixc]

They like to tell that their packages are like hardware tools to justify their high prices. But hardware tools can change hands very often, especially the expensive ones. So if I buy an NC machine from someone, along with his old PC that hosts the software to make use of his templates, I can't legally use it? It's a shame.
I'll check for alternate packages to AutoCAD then. Thanks for the tip on IntelliCAD, Striker.