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I'm confused. If CERN has the licenses, and the student is covered under that usage case, why wouldn't their license rights apply to the software that the stude

I'm confused. If CERN has the licenses, and the student is covered under that usage case, why wouldn't their license rights apply to the software that the student was using (regardless of where they got the the binary installation or whether it had a crack). The software has still been paid for, so why wouldn't the software company allow it? It sounds like the software company is exploiting a technicality in their licensing terms, for no real reason other than greed?

danielweber 11y ago
So my neighbor has a book in his house I want to read. He didn't want the book out of his house. So we both got legal counsel and negotiated a contract that I paid him an amount of money and I could read the book inside his house. He also put a damages clause in the contract because for some reason people have violated his stupid rule. Well, pretty soon I wanted to read the book outside. Oh, but the rule. But wait, I had him outsmarted! I put the book on table in the house next to a window, and then I could read the book while outside. Wait, this is stupid. Why am I reading a book through the window? I'll just pull the book out through the window and read it there. WTF, my neighbor now says I violated the contract? I've triggered the damages clause of the contract I vountarily agreed to? All I did was move a book three feet through a window! I had a contract that I could read it!! I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!!!