office 2000 pro licensing issues

[LuDean Marvin]

I recently bought a copy of Office 2000 Pro on eBay. The seller asserted
that she is a student at Cal State, Fresno and had bought the software at
the campus bookstore as an academic version. I, being a professor at a
college in Bremerton WA, am qualifed to buy an academic version. However,
when I received the product and read the EULA, I learned that the CD should
have been marked "AV" or "Academic Version." Instead, the CD label said
"Not For Retail or OEM Distribution", which as best as I can tell, is
expressly reserved for resellers to use in demonstatrating the product to
customers. The EULA forbids the sale of these copies for any kind of
compensation. The CD label, and the label on the back of the sleeve say
"Unlicensed Software - Illegal without separate license from Microsoft."
Nevertheless, the label on the front of the sleeve seems to hint that it may
be an academic version (note the "AVTO" on line two):

Office Pro 2000sr1 Win32 English Disk Kit
MFG Reference: AVTO 07-31-03
Part Number: 269-04318
<a scan bar here>
269-04318

I found it curious that when I installed the software, there were no
haragues to get you to register the software. And after installing, I
couldn't find any way to register the product. Shouldn't there have been
some automated way to register the product?

The sealed disk packet included two original holographic disks and an sr2
update disk. Is this really an academic version? And what about this
"separate license" the disks say I must have from Microsoft?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You may want to check it further at this page:
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
LuDean Marvin <[email protected]> asked:

| I recently bought a copy of Office 2000 Pro on eBay. The seller
| asserted that she is a student at Cal State, Fresno and had bought
| the software at the campus bookstore as an academic version. I,
| being a professor at a college in Bremerton WA, am qualifed to buy an
| academic version. However, when I received the product and read the
| EULA, I learned that the CD should have been marked "AV" or "Academic
| Version." Instead, the CD label said "Not For Retail or OEM
| Distribution", which as best as I can tell, is expressly reserved for
| resellers to use in demonstatrating the product to customers. The
| EULA forbids the sale of these copies for any kind of compensation.
| The CD label, and the label on the back of the sleeve say "Unlicensed
| Software - Illegal without separate license from Microsoft."
| Nevertheless, the label on the front of the sleeve seems to hint that
| it may be an academic version (note the "AVTO" on line two):
|
| Office Pro 2000sr1 Win32 English Disk Kit
| MFG Reference: AVTO 07-31-03
| Part Number: 269-04318
| <a scan bar here>
| 269-04318
|
| I found it curious that when I installed the software, there were no
| haragues to get you to register the software. And after installing, I
| couldn't find any way to register the product. Shouldn't there have
| been some automated way to register the product?
|
| The sealed disk packet included two original holographic disks and an
| sr2 update disk. Is this really an academic version? And what about
| this "separate license" the disks say I must have from Microsoft?

 

[LuDean Marvin]

I am certain that these are genuine Microsoft disks. My questions are: Are
these disks an academic version, was the seller legal to sell them, and am I
legally qualified to use them?

 

[mrtee]

Why not go to the bookstore on the campus where you work and compare it to what they have for sale.

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I recently bought a copy of Office 2000 Pro on eBay. The seller asserted
| that she is a student at Cal State, Fresno and had bought the software at
| the campus bookstore as an academic version. I, being a professor at a
| college in Bremerton WA, am qualifed to buy an academic version. However,
| when I received the product and read the EULA, I learned that the CD should
| have been marked "AV" or "Academic Version." Instead, the CD label said
| "Not For Retail or OEM Distribution", which as best as I can tell, is
| expressly reserved for resellers to use in demonstatrating the product to
| customers. The EULA forbids the sale of these copies for any kind of
| compensation. The CD label, and the label on the back of the sleeve say
| "Unlicensed Software - Illegal without separate license from Microsoft."
| Nevertheless, the label on the front of the sleeve seems to hint that it may
| be an academic version (note the "AVTO" on line two):
|
| Office Pro 2000sr1 Win32 English Disk Kit
| MFG Reference: AVTO 07-31-03
| Part Number: 269-04318
| <a scan bar here>
| 269-04318
|
| I found it curious that when I installed the software, there were no
| haragues to get you to register the software. And after installing, I
| couldn't find any way to register the product. Shouldn't there have been
| some automated way to register the product?
|
| The sealed disk packet included two original holographic disks and an sr2
| update disk. Is this really an academic version? And what about this
| "separate license" the disks say I must have from Microsoft?
|
|

 

[LuDean Marvin]

I did, and it doesn't match. So I contacted Microsoft directly, and they
say that it is software sold to students under a volume licensing agreement
that precludes the student from transferring the software. It can only be
sold or used by a student or instructor at Cal State, Fresno. So... it
looks like I've been had.


Why not go to the bookstore on the campus where you work and compare it to
what they have for sale.

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I recently bought a copy of Office 2000 Pro on eBay. The seller asserted
| that she is a student at Cal State, Fresno and had bought the software at
| the campus bookstore as an academic version. I, being a professor at a
| college in Bremerton WA, am qualifed to buy an academic version. However,
| when I received the product and read the EULA, I learned that the CD
should
| have been marked "AV" or "Academic Version." Instead, the CD label said
| "Not For Retail or OEM Distribution", which as best as I can tell, is
| expressly reserved for resellers to use in demonstatrating the product to
| customers. The EULA forbids the sale of these copies for any kind of
| compensation. The CD label, and the label on the back of the sleeve say
| "Unlicensed Software - Illegal without separate license from Microsoft."
| Nevertheless, the label on the front of the sleeve seems to hint that it
may
| be an academic version (note the "AVTO" on line two):
|
| Office Pro 2000sr1 Win32 English Disk Kit
| MFG Reference: AVTO 07-31-03
| Part Number: 269-04318
| <a scan bar here>
| 269-04318
|
| I found it curious that when I installed the software, there were no
| haragues to get you to register the software. And after installing, I
| couldn't find any way to register the product. Shouldn't there have been
| some automated way to register the product?
|
| The sealed disk packet included two original holographic disks and an sr2
| update disk. Is this really an academic version? And what about this
| "separate license" the disks say I must have from Microsoft?
|
|

 

[mrtee]

Live and learn.

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I did, and it doesn't match. So I contacted Microsoft directly, and they
| say that it is software sold to students under a volume licensing agreement
| that precludes the student from transferring the software. It can only be
| sold or used by a student or instructor at Cal State, Fresno. So... it
| looks like I've been had.