Re: Old software donated to schools??

Lance Eggleston (legglest@buffnet.net)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 01:16:03 EST

>Does anyone know the policy in regards to companies or individuals
>donating their old software to schools. For example, if a grahpics
>company upgrades from Adobe Illustrator 5.5 to version 6.0 can they
>donate version 5.5 to a school?

** My reading of the upgrade licenses indicates that the original user may
NOT use the previous version and the upgraded version. The upgrade counts
as one unit of the original license agrement and not an addition to it.
Therefore, they don't really "own" the older version and hence, can't do
anything with it but store it or trash it.

If a company were to NOT upgrade, but to purchase new licenses, say it buys
MacroMind Director to replace Adobe Premiere, then it could contact Adobe
and inform them of the transfer of license and all supporting materials to
the school. We have done a similar arrangement with Word Perfect and a
local company. **

Lance Eggleston
Director of Instructional Technology
Hamburg Central Schools
5305 Abbott Road
Hamburg NY 14075 USA
legglest@buffnet.net