MSDN - Re: Universal Licensing Question

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Re: Universal Licensing Question

John Mason

2004-03-28, 10:06 pm

Thanks for that clarification Lawrence. I think there's a general bit of
confusion, things could be explained a little clearer in the documentation,
methinks.

"Lawrence Groves" <lgroves@ducost.deleteme.com> wrote in message
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> "John Mason" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> myself and our IT Support department.
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> We are all employed in the development and support of our Internet sites
and
> applications.
> Professional, .Net Studio and Office 2003?
>
> MSDN license is for developement and testing purposes only. So if you
> develop software with .NET studio and test it under XP pro you're ok.
>
> The license also alows each subscriber to install a single instance of
> office for production use (they can send personal emails, write personal
> documents etc). So you're ok on that too.
>
> So the answer to your question is basically, yes you would be legal.
>
> I'm sure those IT support guys like to argue just to keep themselves in a
> job :-(
>
> HTH, Loz.
>
>

James van Eaton

2004-03-28, 10:08 pm

To clarify: the MSDN license does not include a production-use version of
Windows. The versions of Windows included in MSDN are for test purposes: for
example, does your app work on Home, Pro, Server 2003, etc.? Does it work on
English, Japanese, and French versions? The PC you actively develop on
day-to-day needs to be licensed separately. Another way to put it is that
you are using your development PCs version of Windows IN production FOR
development. This use is not covered by the MSDN license.

The reason for this is that most PCs come with a production-use version of
Windows. Organizations that have Select or Enterprise Agreements should
include such development PC's when reporting OS usage.

MSDN Universal subscriptions include a production-use license for
Applications (which includes Office). That production version must be
installed and used on a PC with an OS licensed for production use.

Visual Studio included in MSDN can be used as if it were bought off the
shelf--there is nothing unique about its licensing in MSDN.

James van Eaton
Program Manager, MSDN Subscriptions

> "Lawrence Groves" <lgroves@ducost.deleteme.com> wrote in message
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> Company.
> and
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