Second reply, to address John's first and second specific questions: This is not a legal answer, but my personal opinion: If it were me, I'd just use the software if I could find the license data. Having the license data is, IMO, both ethically and practically the determining factor. As a practical matter, TMG cannot work (is greatly limited, anyway) beyond the 30-day trial without a valid license being applied. (30-day trial *can* be used to extract the data, either to computer form or to print.) I think the third question might apply to Karen, but is moot for us "data donors", since we can't count on the licenses being available at any point in the future. (As I understand it from this list, only RUG still has licenses available; haven't heard anything about how many.) It has, after all, been a year since the official end of sales. Rick Van Dusen On 9/21/2015 7:55 AM, John Nunnally via wrote: > I agree with everything you said, Rick, but you dug a little deeper than I > had in mind for someone like Karen who is not 40 years away from her > relative's running TMG system. > > Karen alluded to one issue that I think is critical: Can she "inherit" her > relative's TMG license? Or, is she obligated to find a version 9 license of > her own? > > And secondly, if Karen is entitled to use the license left by her relative, > Is there still a way she can recover the original registration information > and/or transfer it to her own name? > > And thirdly, if our successors must get a license of their own, does anyone > know how many licenses are left? > > > John N.

On 9/21/2015 12:09 PM, Rick Van Dusen via wrote: > (As I understand it from this list, only RUG > still has licenses available; haven't heard anything about how many.) It > has, after all, been a year since the official end of sales. > Rick, and others who may be wondering... As I wrote earlier in this thread, there are currently two places from which licenses may be purchased: You can currently buy a license from the Dutch dealer, Harry Goegebeur, at harry.goegebeur@genea.be You can also obtain a license from the Roots User Group of Arlington, if you join that group. Info at http://rootsusers.org/ Terry Reigel