FCP S2 works on old Powerbook G4, but won't open on MacBookPro

FCP S2 was already installed on an old Powerbook G4 I bought through eBay, which I upgraded to Studio2 (FCP6), it works fine but slow:
Then I just tried to install it on my MacBookPro, and all went well until I tried to open it: It keeps asking for my licence keys for original then upgrade version again and then crashes - what gives?
Is it crashing because I'm only supposed to have it on one machine?
Do I need to uninstall or deactivate it from the Powerbook first?
WHY doesn't it tell me, instead of just crashing?
I bet this is a well-known problem, please excuse my newbie question
thanks for any pointers

The MacBook pro is one of the first ones (not sure which year, sorry), intel dual core 17 inch, which I have upgraded the OS to OSX 10.5.8 Leopard...
The Powerbook G4 is also on Laopard, but is of course not intel.
Actually my suspicion is that perhaps the person who sold me the PowerBook G4 with the FCP on it originally MAY have used that same number on a new machine which they may have bought later, and so used up the number of licenses.... could that be a problem?
If it is, how on earth would I find out of the number has been already registered elsewhere?
I bought the upgrade Studio2 (FCP6) from a computer store, and it took to the Powerbook with no probs
Hmmmmm, all very tricky.
many thanks for your thoughts on this, as it's driving me nuts....

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