Hello Everyone,
I just got some clarification about this:
From the AutoDESK Licensing URL provided by Jorge...
http://download.autodesk.com/us/FY17/Suites/LSA/en-US/lsa.htmlFrom 1.2.1 ... quoted below:
1.2.1 Effect of Upgrades. If Autodesk or a Reseller provides Licensee with an Upgrade to other Licensed Materials previously licensed to Licensee, the Licensed Materials previously licensed to Licensee and any other Autodesk Materials relating thereto will thereafter be deemed to be a “Previous Version.” Except as set forth in Section 1.2.2 (Exception for Relationship Program Licensees), the license grant and other rights with respect to any Previous Version will terminate one hundred twenty (120) days after Installation of the Upgrade. Within such one hundred twenty (120) day period, except as set forth in Section 1.2.2 (Exception for Relationship Program Licensees), (a) Licensee must cease all use of any Previous Version and Uninstall all copies of the Previous Version, and (b) upon expiration of such period, such Previous Version will no longer constitute Licensed Materials but rather will be deemed to be Excluded Materials and Licensee will no longer have a license for any such Previous Version. At Autodesk’s request, Licensee agrees to destroy or return to Autodesk or the Reseller from which they were acquired all copies of the Previous Version. Autodesk reserves the right to require Licensee to show satisfactory proof that all copies of any Previous Version have been Uninstalled and, if so requested by Autodesk, destroyed or returned to Autodesk or the Reseller from which they were acquired.
This doesn't apply to V7.7 or prior of EAGLE. Technically, Autodesk EAGLE is not an upgrade it is a brand new product. Therefore the above clause does not apply. The intent of this clause originally is in the case where previously Autodesk provided perpetual licenses, so if someone went for feature limited AutoCAD version and then bought a full version of AutoCAD then this clause would come into play and they had to uninstall the feature limited version.
As far as the future is concerned, the clause also doesn't apply because under the subscription model there are no upgrades. As long as you pay your subscription you always have the latest and greatest software.
So to summarize, Autodesk EAGLE is considered a new product does not influence previous Cadsoft EAGLE releases, therefore the above clause doesn't apply. Going forward new updates to Autodesk EAGLE aren't considered upgrades so the clause still doesn't apply. Keep in mind that Autodesk still has some perpetual customers from prior to the transition and this agreement is used with ALL of Autodesk software. For each application not all of it may apply.
As always legalese is legalese so I'm not surprised by the concern.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Jorge Garcia,
Autodesk Support