home/student license details

[the3rdParty]

I work for a not-for-profit organisation, and am interetsed at
upgrading to Office 2008. I have been looking for resources on MS'
site to indictate whether I could legally use a Student/Home Edition
license as opposed to the Standard Edition.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or better still give me an
indication where I can see (download?) the license conditions for both
versions.

thanks

JW

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I work for a not-for-profit organisation, and am interetsed at
upgrading to Office 2008. I have been looking for resources on MS'
site to indictate whether I could legally use a Student/Home Edition
license as opposed to the Standard Edition.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or better still give me an
indication where I can see (download?) the license conditions for both
versions.

Does your not-for-profit have any paperwork that it files with the
government for tax exemptions or any other legal status? If so, then you
cannot use Home & Student legally. Technically, Home & Student is for
personal use only and cannot be used for business or an organization.

Charitable outfits should consider donation programs such as those
offered by <http://www.techsoup.org> to legally acquire Microsoft
software and other software. You'll pay far less than retail.

Hope this helps!

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[the3rdParty]

Bill

Thanks for the reply

I work on an overseas development programme funded via the United
Nations. No profit and no tax returns to any one. We are however
part of an organization.

I mailed the same question to the MS online store and they replied
(yes, really!) with "It sounds like either of the products we offer
through the online store may work for you." The answer dodges the
bullet a bit as they didnt specifically state that I would be legally
OK to insatll / use the Student&Home edition.

Jim

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Jim;

What you're may well encountering is that even MS isn't so much interested
prosecuting individuals who inappropriately use the wrong package as they
are in selling "a" package in the first place It essentially boils down
to a matter of personal integrity & conscience. "Home & Student" means
exactly that, but there is nothing to physically prevent anyone from
publishing a series of novels or corporate documents with it.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

What you're may well encountering is that even MS isn't so much interested
prosecuting individuals who inappropriately use the wrong package as they
are in selling "a" package in the first place It essentially boils down
to a matter of personal integrity & conscience. "Home & Student" means
exactly that, but there is nothing to physically prevent anyone from
publishing a series of novels or corporate documents with it.

I'll agree with Bob that Microsoft isn't probably interested in
prosecuting non-profits for small infractions and that this essentially
boils down to your own ethics.

You're looking at Home & Student, which is one of just three products
you can find in retails stores, but Microsoft offers many more licensing
schemes to fit folks in your situation. I encourage you to look again at
TechSoup or other organizations that specialize in providing non-profits
with legal software.

For example, I worked with a local charity in my area just yesterday to
make some purchases for some Microsoft software and we received the
software for the price of administrative fees only. For Windows XP we
paid about $8.00 for each license and for Office 2008 Standard we paid
about $16.00 for each license.

--

bill

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[the3rdParty]

I encourage you to look again at

TechSoup or other organizations that specialize in providing non-profits
with legal software.

Thanks again for the replies

I had a look at tech soup and it seems that Tech Soup is specifically
for US non-profit orgs....
" * An organization that has 501(c)(3) status and is not a public
library
* A public library that has 501(c)(3) status
* A public library that does not have 501(c)(3) status"

We are based in Mozambique and are not a public library and do not
have any link to the US (least of all the IRS).

Jim