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Hello, I've been asked by employee in my company about legality of use of Affinity purchased privately. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, nor have I studied law. Employee would like to use Affinity on company computer for commercial use on one of our products. Computers are company owned, however, the employee in question would be the only one making use of the software - thus I think it wouldn't be in violation of Your Rights and Permitted Use p.3 (i). License wouldn't be transferred to company either, the employee would remain sole licensee. The phrasing "Windows Computers that you own or control" seem ambiguous to me, because as company's property the computer isn't in employee's full control but rather is its operator. Computer is in domain environment, and other people are potentially able to violate this paragraph. We can make sure this doesn't happen however. There's also point 4.b that prohibits: I'm not sure about the legal meaning of it, but does such practice constitute supplying the company with a license? Local laws permit such practices to the best of my knowledge, there's some shenanigans on financial side, but that's beside the topic. TL;DR: Is employee permitted to use Affinity purchased with individual license while doing commercial work for company that's hired him?

Hi This is a query that might sound childish but i just want this doubt of mine to be clear before I purchase the license, I am planning to change my machine that I am using now in some short duration. I will make the purchase with my current machine which I might also sell in the second hand market (off course by resetting it to factory level and by removing all my purchased licenses, including Affinity one). My first question is that in this case how will I be able to use Affinity on my new machine? I am sure it will not make my buy another license, isn't it? My second question is that I will most likely stay with MS with my new machine also, but what if I shift to Apple? Awaiting your early guidance. An thank you very much for bringing in this beautiful software to us. You learning tutorials are a beg big help. Warm Regards, Utpal Kant Mishra India