Buying a pre-owned LabVIEW license....for MAC

[B Rad]

Hello - I'm sure this topic has been covered before but when I do a search for "Used License"  I don't find any discussions.   Can you some help direct me to the right place  that would explain if I can purchase a used or pre-owned LabVIEW for MAC license? (With application builder).  

 

Thanks!

B RAD

http://labviewsupport.com

 

[Rolf Kalbermatter]

I'm not aware of any conditions that would disallow transfering the ownership of a LabVIEW license to someone else. And in most places such a provision in the license agreement would be null and void.

 

However you need to make sure that you do get the ownership. Simply buying a CD ROM and a license serial number from anywhere might not really give you any rights. I would insist on a document that names the serial number, states the previous owner and also grants an irrecoverable transfer of ownership of that  license and serial number to you. Otherwise you may try to register the software at NI and then get told that you are not the rightful owner and when disputing that, the previous owner suddenly may claim to still own the license.

 

I do know for sure that NI does actually care about ownership and has in the past contacted us about licenses that we have originally purchased and sold as part of a whole project, when the actual end user did register the serial number as their own, since the registering entity did not match the purchasing entity.

[ShaunR]

I'm not aware of any conditions that would disallow transfering the ownership of a LabVIEW license to someone else. And in most places such a provision in the license agreement would be null and void.

 

However you need to make sure that you do get the ownership. Simply buying a CD ROM and a license serial number from anywhere might not really give you any rights. I would insist on a document that names the serial number, states the previous owner and also grants an irrecoverable transfer of ownership of that  license and serial number to you. Otherwise you may try to register the software at NI and then get told that you are not the rightful owner and when disputing that, the previous owner suddenly may claim to still own the license.

 

I do know for sure that NI does actually care about ownership and has in the past contacted us about licenses that we have originally purchased and sold as part of a whole project, when the actual end user did register the serial number as their own, since the registering entity did not match the purchasing entity.

 

 

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reference

(emphasis added)

Edited February 4, 2013 by ShaunR

[jzoller]

http://www.ni.com/pdf/forms/us/license_transfer.pdf