How access my libraries on Windows 7 ?

You are 100% correct. You have the right to try to "open" whatever you want - when you want. If it opens and you can use it - great.

But no vendor is required to "support" you in that quest once a product is declared retired.

And I want to be clear - when I say "support" I am not talking the ability to call the helpdesk or post a question in a forum like this about a product that is 14 years old.

I am talking the sustained effort (and expense) of correctly supporting (and maintaining) any FULL systems that backed that product in the distant past - including those systems that provide authorization.

Remember what you bought here - nothing but a "right" to run the software for a (usually) limited timeframe. Nowhere in any EULA from any company does it guarantee any rights to run your "retired" thing to the end of time. If it does - good on ya.

This is tired conversation boys. 4 pages and not a peep from NI on this.

Good luck.

VP

@Vocalpoint

Even current EULA has:

"3.2 Native Instruments grants Licensee the non-exclusive right without restrictions in time or place to use the Products. Native Instruments is not obliged to cede the software underlying source code, including the associated development documentation."

and

"3.5 Licensee is not authorized to modify the software, unless it is to preserve or restore the agreed functions of the software purchased."

It implies, that user may modify SW to make it work as intended. So, removing copy protection is allowed in this case. Also, it is not in EULA, but usually in copyright law (or other laws are applied), that Licencee has right to get covered his expenses to do that, by Licencer,

and about right for cover customer damage:

" 9 Damages

1. We are solely liable for damages regardless of legal reason, in particular from impossibility, arrears, defective or incorrect delivery, breach of contract, breach of duties during contract negotiations, or for tortious acts pursuant to the regulations of this § 9. For the rest, any liability for damages is excluded."

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/company/legal-information/end-user-license-agreement/

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/company/legal-information/terms-and-conditions/terms-and-conditions-gmbh/

I am lazy to seek old EULA, but for sure it was even more explicit about right of licencee to get NI SW authorised.

That is the problem, that NI does not care….. Sooner, or later they will hit.

Like the OP - instead of arguing about something that will never happen

Prognosticating again ? How do you know unless you've got inside knowledge, or you're just stirring the pot yet again with the same old same old. The only thing tired about this conversation is hearing your mantra over and over again and for the time you spend doing it, you might want to take a piece of your own advice and go and make some music, (that is if you can) instead of waving your big stick all through this forum.

@Kubrak thanks for putting up that snippet.

@Jeremy_NI The thing is that:

1. Native Access 1.14 has stopped working with NI servers some time ago. But there is some sort of workaround.
2. How will NI deliver its SW authorisation on Win7 after deactivation of NA1?

If your system is 100% working, "frozen" and offline - you are good to go.

The retirement and dismantling of NA v1 in early 2025 will not effect anything.

That said - just remember that retired means retired. And frozen/offline means - stay frozen and stay offline.

If something does go south on that machine - next week or next year - there will be no means of reviving that install.

VP