Also Licensing

[David M]

My question is very similar to the one posed by Dave T.
If a friend of mine gives me his copy of Windows Office
to install on my computer, can I do so without copyright
infringement or licensing problems?

When I contacted Microsoft by phone to activate Office, I
told them that the suite had been installed on a second
machine and that it was still active on the first.

The product was purchased and not OEM.

Thank you for any help and I hope setting my mind at ease.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Also Licensing

From: "David M" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 7/17/2004 7:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

My question is very similar to the one posed by Dave T.
If a friend of mine gives me his copy of Windows Office
to install on my computer, can I do so without copyright
infringement or licensing problems?

When I contacted Microsoft by phone to activate Office, I
told them that the suite had been installed on a second
machine and that it was still active on the first.

The product was purchased and not OEM.

Thank you for any help and I hope setting my mind at ease.

Of course you have violated the EULA that you and your friend agreed to when
you installed Office. The EULA allows you to install Office on YOUR desktop and
YOUR notebook, not on your desktop and a friends desktop. Read it and
weep...you're a pirate in MS's eyes. Whether that matters to you is between you
and <insert supreme being of choice here or enter "none">.

Cheers,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[David M]

Thanks for the information! I have removed the Office
software from my computer. It was never used after
activation. Is there anything else I should know?

Again, thanks.

David M

 

[Phydeux]

Yeah, should you ever install it again on your own laptop, you may have
to call in and do a voice activation, though they probably won't grill you
over it. I call MS probably on average 3 times a year because I wipe and
reinstall everything then have activate it all over again. The only bad
thing is you can't skip the robot portion of it if you know you're going to
have to talk to a rep anyway. LOL