when you say "to buy in full".....I'm not sure if I'm interpreting you correctly, but ......I suggest taking the time to read AUTODESK, LICENSE AND SERVICES AGREEMENT, particularly SECTION 3. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, wherein you will find the following verbiage:
"......Autodesk and its licensors retain title to and ownership of, and all other rights with respect to, the Autodesk Materials and all copies thereof, including, without limitation, any related copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and other intellectual property rights. Licensee has only the limited licenses granted with respect to the Licensed Materials expressly set forth in this Agreement, and Licensee has no other rights, implied or otherwise....."
It is my understanding, that no matter the title of the process to gain use of an Autodesk product, be it PURCHASED by way of perpetual license, or subscription based access or by way of Network License, the user never OWNS the software, or "Autodesk Materials"(A.M.). One is granted permission to utilize the A.M. via the fore mentioned routes by way of LICENSING the materials to that person. That applies to perpetual license also, which the birthing of will cease here shortly. Purchasing A.M. does not afford the user the outright claim of OWNERSHIP, where one may see themselves purchasing the material and then retreating to ones bubble in life with the materials to do with as they please. As noted above, no matter how you LEGALLY access use of A.M. only a LIMITED LICENSE IS GRANTED for it's use contingent on the due diligence of the user in "..........continuous compliance with this Agreement and payment of the applicable fees, Autodesk grants Licensee a nonexclusive, nonsublicensable, nontransferable, limited license to Install and Access the Licensed Materials,....." See Section 1, part 1.1 License Grant
Moreover, if you take time to ascertain the pulse of industry, you will discover that companies such as Autodesk, are trending towards the "subscription" business model also. (eg Solidworks)
I digress.
I was compelled to engage you because I could feel in your words the same feelings I had towards purchasing an Autodesk Product. And with the subscription mode it felt open, loose and insecure. I felt that with a perpetual license, there were no loose ends, end of story. Almost as if you had it in your hands. it was tangible. you could feel it. see it. and it involved one process. Buy it. Now I feel like I dont know where the software is actually at and it has the feel of going from a hard disk copy (perpetual) to floating aimlessly amidst "the cloud".
anyway.....my 2 cents.
