SolidWorks Licence Resale 1

[Gurjjeet]

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

 

[GregLocock]

So if I buy a million dollars of SW seats my company's valuation drops by a million dollars, as I have exchanged fungible cash for non fungible licenses?

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

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[TheTick]

There's one more thing in the mix besides copyright. If the program uses any patented technology (no matter how lame or nonfunctional), then it can licensed. All the fair use and first sale doctrine debate in the world can't get around the patent licensing.

 

[fcsuper]

I think there are already some big manufacturing companies that are getting tired of being raped by the software industry. Big money is on both sides of this issue already.

BTW, Patent Exhaustion works very similarly as First-Sale Doctrine in terms of a sale.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper

 

[rollupswx]

Gurjjett,

Unless you have very very deep pockets to challenge the license scheme I suggest you forget it.