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Gordon said:
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No.
The License says "One PRIMARY device and one portable for
the sole use of the user of the primary device".
You need to think whether that agrees with your situation...
Not in my experience: "One PRIMARY device and one portable
...." does not appear anywhere in the EULA. So I must ask,
which version of office are you referring to?
No where does anything for MS Office indicate what was given
in the previous response on my two machines; they both have
the same EULA working for OEM 2k2 and Retail 2003. Perhaps
win98 and/or Vista etc. are different; I've never looked.
So in the end, I'd suggest that you read your own EULA to see
what it says as opposed to taking anyone's word here. Things
change, but I don't think that changed. The individual
component EULA's BTW are identical to the one for Office
itself. AFAIK, it is one install instance on one machine/cpu
motherboard, etc. The EULAs are pretty clear on that.
Being able to also install on a laptop IIRC comes from the
win95/98 days.
My Microsoft Office Pro EULA says, from
(Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\oemEULA.txt)
is below. There ARE provisions for a backup copy, but this
thread concerns installations, not backups.
"
· General License Grant to Install and Use. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this EULA, You may only
install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on the
COMPUTER. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be installed,
accessed, displayed, run, shared or used concurrently on or
from different computers, including a workstation, terminal or
other digital or analog electronic device ("Device"), except
as set forth below for Sharepoint Team Services.
"
Also:
"
· Additional License Grant for Sharepoint Team Services. The
Software Product may contain a copy of the Sharepoint Team
Services. If so, You may install one copy of such software on
one Device and allow an unlimited number of individuals within
Your business or enterprise to access and use the Sharepoint
Team Services from other Devices provided that You acquire and
dedicate a license to the software product for the Device upon
which the Sharepoint Team Services are installed.
"
But that's not the case here.
And further:
"· Multiple Processor Version Selection. The CD or
diskette(s) on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT resides may contain
several copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, each of which is
compatible with a different microprocessor architecture, such
as the x86 architecture or various RISC architectures
("Processor Version(s)"). You may install and use only one
copy of one Processor Version of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on the
COMPUTER.
"
and
"
5. DUAL-MEDIA SOFTWARE PRODUCT. You may receive the SOFTWARE
PRODUCT in more than one medium. Regardless of the type or
size of medium You receive, You may use only one medium that
is appropriate for the COMPUTER. You may not install or use
the other medium on another computer.
"