I'm not a lawyer either...but since TMG closed their doors I'd submit that no one cares and it is perfectly ethical. In fact, when we put our copy on a second computer in the home we purchased a second copy and when we had issues later were told we didn't need to buy the second copy, that it was perfectly OK to have one copy on all computers. We continued to upgrade and pay for both copies because we wanted to be a supporter of TMG, even after we were told we did not need to do so. With that in mind, it certainly seems perfectly ethical in light of their closure to use a single copy, on a single computer, regardless of the original owner. TC -----Original Message----- >From: John Cardinal via <tmg@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sep 21, 2015 1:02 PM >To: tmg@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TMG] Safeguarding our data (was: Clueless questions about TMG) > >Karla Huebner wrote: >> Not a lawyer here, but it seems to me that if Karen can get hold >> of the license information for the copy she has, she would be >> considered to inherit. That is, the original owner is no longer >> using the program so I don't think there would be anything illegal, >> or more important, unethical, about Karen using the original >> owner's license. Again, I'm not a lawyer but that is how I would >> interpret the situation. Ownership is transferred. > >Karla, > >I'm not a lawyer, either, but I am confident you are not correct. From TMG >license: > >"Permitted Uses: This Wholly Genes product, user's guide and documentation >is licensed to you, the LICENSEE, and may not be transferred to any third >party for any length of time without the prior written consent of Wholly >Genes." > >TMG licenses cannot be transferred. > >John > >The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

TC, The discontinuance doesn't invalidate the license agreement. One can use the discontinuance as a rationalization to break the terms of the agreement, but that's hardly ethical. Harry Goegebeur, a Dutch dealer, may have some TMG v9 licenses left. People who want to purchase a license should contact him at Harry.Goegebeur@genea.be. John