A buddy of mine bought a ProTools system and a mac awhile back and I got all his stuff. Although the Waves packs he gave me, that I use and love, have those damn dongles, the Logic audio didn't give me an error. It could possibly be a crack, I guess, but it didnt mention a crack anywhere, and it had serial numbers on a sticker on the case.
I have a huge stack of programs. I was looking orginally for the perfect system, and I couldnt find it ( i was wanting ProTools SOOOO bad) and I always read that Cakewalk was easy and stable. Stable is real important to me. So I started getting used to Cakewalk a little, then they announced the Sonar release, and I liked the sound of it, so thats what I ordered. I have all kinds of stuff, and the only thing I've had to pay for is is the Cakewalk to Sonar upgrade. (I actually got Cakewalk 9 included with both my Aardvark cards, too) I have stuff that I don't even know what it is or what it does. I have some manuals, but not many. But, its all legal as far as I know, since my machine is the only one this stuff is being used on and I have the oringinal products and not copies.
Awesome gift though, one of the best things I ever fell in to.
The second best thing, well, I'll post it in the cave, check there later...