I just bought leopard, but now lion?

Hi, fellow Mac-fans. A couple of months ago, I bought Leopard so that I could upgrade to Lion. My understanding was that I would not need to pay for Lion, since I was doing the upgrade to move to iCloud, and I had just bought Leopard, etc. I don't mean to quibble over thirty bucks, but I've already felt duped because someone told me that Apple was giving away Leopard free.
Did I miss something? I couldn't find it when I did a search.
Thanks

Sergio_nola wrote:
Thanks for answering my question.
You're Welcome... Glad the Confusion has been cleared away.
Before going to Lion would suggest that you do a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive Before attempting any Major Upgrade...
By far the easiest way to make a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
Also... For Lion... Check the Compatibility of Third Party Applications you may be using...
See Here:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Lion is a hungry beast and would recommend that you increase your RAM to its Maximum...
See Here > http://www.macsales.com/

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