So what's the limitations of educational discounts?

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:22 pm

I have a family member who is a teacher and therefore can get me whatever with the educational discount. Let's pretend that software is Logic. So what are the limitations? I think I remember people saying no updates or upgrades? I can understand no deals on major upgrades, but for updates?? That fix known problems? What's the dealio??

thumperjack · Post by **thumperjack** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:31 pm

no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:53 pm

you cannot commercially relese tunes made with An academic license.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:56 pm

thumperjack wrote:no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.

You obviously weren't on here about a month ago.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:11 pm

Rogue Scrunt wrote:you cannot commercially relese tunes made with An academic license.

signed

I'm not so sure on this one, but I heard or read somewhere that some developers make academic licenses illegible for upgrading, so you'd have to pay full price for the next release.

thumperjack · Post by **thumperjack** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:24 am

thumperjack wrote:
no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.

You obviously weren't on here about a month ago.

lol

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:49 am

beats me wrote: So what are the limitations?

you have to sit with the geeky kids in the cafeteria and the sports jocks steal your lunch,,,

Cloak and Dagger · Post by **Cloak and Dagger** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:44 am

before I purchased my academic license I asked if I could use it professionally and the answer was: yes

Dear ******,

Thanks for your e-mail and sorry for my late reply.

Here are the answers to your questions.

You can use your educational license for producing commercial music.
As long as you are a student you can upgrade to newer versions for a discounted price (we then will ask again for a proof of eligibility). As soon as you finish your studies you can stay current for our standard upgrade prices. You don't have to start all over again with a new license.

To order you can use the attached order form.

We also offer a download version for 219 USD and Operator for 79 USD.

Please write again if you need more information.

Best regards,

Ulrich

v00d00ppl · Post by **v00d00ppl** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:01 am

the only real limitation on something like live is you vannot buy the academic price just to resell it on ebay for a slight profit. other than that everything is the same as a retail version.

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:49 am

Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.

You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:32 am

dazzer wrote:Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.

You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.

I don't believe this statement to be true,

can you provide documentation?

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:24 pm

it aint worth the hassle for a measly 10% discount, get the full license.

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:31 pm

Rogue Scrunt wrote:
dazzer wrote:Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.

You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.

I don't believe this statement to be true,

can you provide documentation?

i think its true. i've read it in a few message boards here and there.

no functional limitations. you just cant upgrade to the next major release

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:51 pm

you may be right
here is a thread w/ more info

http://www.bigbluelounge.com/forums/vie ... c+academic

evernaut · Post by **evernaut** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:29 pm

b0unce wrote:it aint worth the hassle for a measly 10% discount, get the full license.

It's a lot more than 10%.

Live 6 retails at about 275 quid in the UK. Edu discount is about a hundred pounds cheaper. Well worth it.

I'm not sure it applies to upgrades though, but there's always some tasty options with the Abes.

So what's the limitations of educational discounts?

So what's the limitations of educational discounts?

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