Question About Licenses

[Guest]

Hello. I was recently reading a webpage when I came
across the following on Microsoft Office:

You can install this software on up to three computers in
your home without having to buy extra licenses. Get
software for the entire family and save money!

I have the Office XP Student and Teacher Edition. I was
just wondering if this is true. I have another computer
in my household that I would like to install my software
on, but I want to make sure it's legal first.

Thank you.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Your license rights are contained in the End User License Agreement (EULA) -
you can view this by clicking on the link on the Help ... About of any one
of the install Office products.
It may also have been on a paper copy of the EULA or in the packaging that
your product came in.


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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

This only applies to the Office 2003 STE license. The Office XP STE license
is a single computer only.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
(e-mail address removed) <[email protected]>
asked:
| Hello. I was recently reading a webpage when I came
| across the following on Microsoft Office:
|
| You can install this software on up to three computers in
| your home without having to buy extra licenses. Get
| software for the entire family and save money!
|
| I have the Office XP Student and Teacher Edition. I was
| just wondering if this is true. I have another computer
| in my household that I would like to install my software
| on, but I want to make sure it's legal first.
|
| Thank you.

 

[Chad Harris]

Eligibility and Licensing for Student and Teacher Edition: See Licensing
Restrictions:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/students/doyouqualify.mspx#XSLTsection123121120120


Besides the EULA--you can just search google or the MS site for FAQ's about
what you can do with different MOS 2003 editions. *You can install Student
and Teacher Edition if you qualify on 3 computers or devices in the
household. You can't transfer your usage rights to another individual.
You're also restricted to non-commercial (non-revenue generating)use
(impossible to enforce--I don't believe many adults have devices are
computers that stop being commercially used because of geographical
locations. I don't think Redmond will be tracking whether people live in a
home or move out.

There may be many households that send the student out to get MOS 2003 for
the home network or the home machines. I'm sure the machines will travel.
MS understood this well. That's one reason so many ng's have questions
about retaining Access and Publisher when Student and Teacher is installed.

They want Office 2003 to be used as much as possible, and besides the
prodigious ad campaign, reported to be $150 million give or take a few
bucks.

Allowing the 3 machines/devices is one way to get it circulated more
widely--and hopefully it will have students teaching parents how to use
Office and vice-versa. The Chief Software Architect and his college buddy
and his team with Jeff Raikes Group VP Office and Steve Sinofsky Sr. VP
Office, are master marketers. I hope are going to make an equally
prodigious effort to put tutorials on the site and enable users to
understand more of the features than ever.

CNN: Revamped MS Office 2003 May Be Tough To Sell

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/22/microsoft.office.ap/

Chad Harris




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[Chad Harris]

If you want to read the licensing restriction criteria for Office Student
and Teachers XP you can do it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/forstudents/default.asp

Interesting with XP S&T as Milly pointed out the license is for one computer
but the parents "can use the software when they are assisting students."
I've seen a lot of the reverse with some students who are 9-15 years old as
far as Office and Windows and hardware. "If you have more than one
computer, you are required to purchase a separate product license for each.
This product does not qualify for future upgrade pricing." S&T is intended
by licensure for non-commercial non-profit use.

One important point to make on Student and Teacher edition is that you can't
upgrade with it later. You can't upgrade "to it," but you can retain
features of old versions at least by using a custom install or the Custom
Installation Wizard if necessary in MOS 2003. You aren't going to have the
xml functionality and potential use of xml as a bridge with the server
system in S&T or Standard edition.

The price breaks for students in Office and One Note will make it affordable
for a lot of them.

Chad Harris

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