Ableton Forum

Hi,

I am thinking of buying a copy of the Native Instruments Komplete Synths from a friend of a friend. However, it is the educational version; does anyone know if I will be able to install and activate this, as I am not a student? Do I have to prove that I'm a student or anything?

Cheers,

Jonny

anyone? anyone? anyone? Bueller?

If it's been registered- no, you can't. Educational licenses can't be transferred.

If it hasn't been registered- sure you can. The time they check for the qualifier is when you originally buy it; not when you install.

Your NI forum moderator,
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Some software companies do allow educational license transfers but require educational status verification for the buyer and refuse to transfer if the buyer does not qualify (and usually charge a 20 dollar or so transfer fee).

I guess it's a lot of extra legwork to be done by the software company, hence the charge but I don't really blame NI for not allowing educational transfers. They give a generous discount on the software in the first instance which helps to compensate for this.