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Subject:"Licensing" for a contract writer From:joe malone <joe -at- MANAGE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:46:42 -0700
I use FrameMaker, Quadralay Publisher, Snagit, Photoshop, Visio, and
Word, plus a few other programs from time to time, as a technical
writer.
Now I need to bring a contract writer on for 40 or 80 hours, say, to sit
at some temporary computer, such as one left open by a vacationing
programmer, to help out on a project.
My manager asks, are all the software products above licensed for use by
this second person? Well, hmmm, I never considered this before: just
have had somebody in to do a little work, and leave. Do I need to
contact each of these software folks (actually, most of the programs are
off the shelf) and get a second copy or license, or what?
The rules are probably spelled out in all that text at the beginning of
the installation wizards, but i confess I've never read it...
I have fired off messages to tech support at quadralay and adobe...
