Logic Studio authorization?

Okay, I can't seem to find a clear explanation of how Logic's authorization works so I'm hoping maybe you guys can shed some light on it for me.
From my understanding I can have Logic installed and running on two computers, is that correct?
So here's my situation. I do all the mixing but I've got a partner in California that sometimes I'll do some tracking at his place. I record a few of the bands he manages so sometimes I'll send him a mix I'm working on to check out and maybe the band will make a few adjustments and then send it back my way. In theory I should be able to buy Logic, install on my machine and install it on his machine as well when I go out there the next trip, right?
Secondly, I'm on 10.4.11 right now. I'm upgrading to Leopard in a few weeks but because I'm a pack rat I'm going to install everything fresh on a new hard drive and move my existing system drive to an external case so that if I run into any issues I can always boot from Tiger instead of Leopard. If I have Logic installed on two different drives on the same machine, would that eat up my '2nd computer' right there?
Thanks in advance for the help.

Everything Bee Jay said is correct. As always
However, just to clarify the technicalities of the license, the license specifies that you can install Logic on one Laptop and one Desktop, both of which *you own and operate*.
Here's the exact wording, taken from the license:
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on one Apple-labeled desktop computer and one Apple labeled laptop computer so long as both computers are owned and used by you. This License does not allow the Apple Software to run on more than one computer at a time.
Again, Bee Jay's right, that there's nothing physically stopping you from installing one on yours and one on your friends (in other words, Logic can't tell who owns the computer), but unless everything in the above statement is true, you will be violating the license.

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