Delphi solicita activacion...

[dec]

Hola a todos,

Estoy leyendo el EULA de RAD Studio (no estoy seguro, pero, entiendo que aplica a Delphi también) y aquí puede leerse la palabra "perpetual", que, es lo que indicaría que la licencia no caduca:

2.1 LICENSE GRANT. Licensor grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, nontransferable, perpetual (except to the extent Licensee has purchased a Subscription License (as defined below)) right and license (the "License") to install this Product within the country [...]

... por otro lado, la palabra "perpetual" viene a continuación acompañada de "except to the extent Licensee has purchased a Suscription License"... que vendría a definirse así:

ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS APPLICABLE TO SOFTWARE LICENSED ON A SUBSCRIPTION BASIS

In the event Licensee has purchased an annual or multi-year term License (a "Subscription License") the following terms apply – the terms contained in this Section do not apply to perpetual or trial licenses. If Licensee has purchased a Network Named User or Named User License then during the term of the subscription commencing on the Effective Date (the "License Term"), Licensee is granted a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable right and license to install the Product on up to three computers for use by one designated person in Licensee's organization (the "Named User"). Upon expiration of each License Term, all Subscription Licenses shall automatically renew for an additional 12-month License Term (unless otherwise agreed in writing) and Licensor will invoice Licensee at the then-current subscription-based list price for such additional License Term unless Licensor or its authorized representatives are notified by Licensee in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the current License Term that Licensee will not renew the Subscription Licenses granted hereunder for another License Term. Upon expiration or termination of the License Term, Licensee must immediately cease use of and uninstall the Product but Licensed Works developed using the Product may still be distributed. Continued use of Subscription Licenses following the expiration or termination of the License Term is unauthorized, constitutes a violation of this Agreement and may constitute a misappropriation of Licensor's intellectual property rights.

... según yo lo entiendo, sólo en el caso de haber comprado esta licencia "de suscripción", dicha licencia caducaría... Personalmente, estoy tratando de averiguar ahora mismo de qué tipo es la última licencia que yo adquirí, pero, pensando en tu caso con Delphi 6... si yo no recuerdo mal, en aquella época no había ningún tipo de suscripción... de modo que tu licencia sería del tipo "perpetual"...

Eso debería explicarlo Embarcadero... si cuando tú compraste la licencia esta no era del tipo "suscripción", según el propio EULA de Embarcadero, tu licencia sería "perpetual", de modo que, no entiendo a cuento de qué ahora tendrías que comprar una licencia para seguir utilizando Delphi 6. La verdad es que con todo esto, sumado a otras cosas más (por ejemplo, ¿qué es eso de que Embarcadero no ofrezca soporte y se limite a enlazar a foros como este para dicho soporte?), dan unas ganas terribles de buscar alternativas a Delphi...