So it would seem perfectly kosher to download the code from anywhere as long as you use it only according to the terms of the license, as spelled out when you install it. It is presumably valid forever, as long as a person owning it chooses to use it. And the license agreement clearly states that the original purchaser is free to sell or give the dongle/license to another person.

But it's the LICENSE (aka the 'dongle') that you have to pay for, not the code. Somewhere there is in fact a website still offering the old free 4.2 software, though it of course isn't Milan. I can tell you from my own recent experience (someone gifted me a 4.2 dongle which he no longer needed), all you have to do to transform the 'free' HW4.2 to the full version is to plug in the dongle (and register your setup with Milan, a simple process, though I don't recall exactly how it's done). It 'chimes' periodically only because a dongle isn't attached to the computer running it. And the crippled 'free' version of 4.2 that could be downloaded from Milan until a year or so ago is in fact exactly the same as the full version, as far as the code. That said, anyone who possesses an authentic 'dongle' from HW 4.2 has every right to use it until such time as he or she decides to upgrade to the latest version. The people who have devoted immense amounts of time to producing this software deserve to have their copyrights respected and to be compensated for their work, which greatly benefits not only those who love the organ, but the entire musical world, churches everywhere, and so many more. For the sake of the world of the organ, don't use hacked or bootleg Hauptwerk or sample sets.

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