Licenses and selling...

Some of you may have seen the recent blog post about selling a purchased license. This touches on an area that is hazy at best (and just my opinion - don't forget that when reading this), but I think it can be handled better than it is now. As was pointed out, it is against policy, to do this.

That said, here is how we have handled this in the past. If things were done "discreetly," Boonex pretty much looked the other way and depended on the parties involved to handle things honestly between themselves. That means allowing access to your account for license retrievals and other changes that may need to be done (resets etc).

Nothing is in place for transferring a license, email address and other changes that would need to take place. The username is unique and static and can only be killed, and only a few have DB access to do this. Accounts are free...no $$ value there.

There are other factors involved that may not be immediately apparent (buyer protection chief among them), but I feel that it deserves an honest appraisal and should be investigated. No promises - but I have seen this crop up occasionally and haven't pursued it with Andrew as it gets forgotten in the "rush."

Clearly, licenses that are granted or otherwise free would not be considered, but I feel that a means can be found to accomplish this to make things smoother and more clear.

Maybe NOT! But it is worth a try and we'll see how the directors feel about this.

Now - you know my feelings on the subject... let's see how it flies!