EULA on iLife05 Family Pack

I give up on searching thru Appple Web site to find an email address for someone to answer this question.
So I will post out here to see if anyone knows.
I just purchased iLife05 Family Pack which I believed was for 5 computers. I possibly made an errenous assumption that it could be used on more than one at a time. Actually I assumed would be a 1:1 so potentially 5 machines at a time but in reality might be 2.
Possibly missing something in the EULA or not understanding but excerpt as follows:
BEGIN EXCERPT
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. The Apple Software is being licensed to you as a bundle and allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.
END EXCERPT
I read that as I can still only use on one machine at a time. Anybody have any official knowledge on the subject?
TIA
Tower and laptops (PB&iB) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Those of us who post here in Apple Discussions are users like you trying to help each other. In my experience, Apple employees rarely post here. When they do, as explained in the Apple Discussions Personnel section of Discussions "Help", they are so identified.
You have landed in iSight Discussions. I understand your stated reason for posting here out of desperation. Hopefully I can give you some leads to an answer.
If your question is regarding the meaning of the License, an attorney can give you a real legal opinion. (I am NOT an attorney.) If you bought and paid for a five license user pack and are using it on less than six computers, it would seem to me that you are not violating this license provision, but this is obviously a serious question for you. You deserve a real legal opinion, not just my non-lawyer interpretation.
If your question relates to how to install your software on all the computers to which you are entitled to have the software installed, you should be able to ask the retailer who sold you the software for help. Perhaps the retailer has a "Help Line" or offers Mac user training? Perhaps a Mac savvy friend can help you?
If you want an official answer from Apple, and if the instructions that came in the box with your software do not give you the contact info you need, all the direct contact info I know for Apple is at the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page. Select the best contact point for the real question you have and the method by which you want to contact them.

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