From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Co-Location ?
> Jim McAtee wrote:
> >After your last post, I found the following page:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/web.mspx
> Yes, I found the same page, and its broad Limitations section prompted my
followup call.
>
> I did ask specifically if there was anything on the web that spelled out
what software could go on and what couldn't, and I was told that a) this is a
common question, b) no there's nothing on the web defining anything specific
and c)if you can install it and its meant for a web application, you're safe.
I specifically asked about CF, Imail and mySQL and got green lights on all
three.
>
> I was hoping to find something in writing, as its common knowledge that MS
responses tend to, ah, fluctuate. No such luck.
>
> My take on this is we follow the published stuff and don't worry about
> it. Make a copy of these pages in case the licensing changes at some
> future date after purchase, and make a call and take notes. That
> should be enough CYA material.
I think from a practical standpoint, you're correct. Especially if you're
the buyer, rather than the seller.
If you really want to get into the legalize of the licensing, you'll have to
dig up a document known as the SPUR (Service Provider Use Rights). There's a
publicly available copy to be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/spla.asp
However, this version (for some unknown reason) is incomplete. Shared web
hosting and dedicated server resale fall under the SPLA (Service Provider
Licensing Agreement). That is, in order to offer third party web hosting,
the service provider _must_ license the MS software under the SPLA. The full
SPUR, it seems, is only available to hosts who've signed the SPLA.
Apparently, there are some very real software restrictions on the Web Edition
spelled out fully in the SPUR. A web hosting provider on another list posted
this in answer to my question about whether you could isntall third-party
email and FTP servers. Can't say I logically comprehend the reasoning,
though:
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Third party email yes, but IF AND ONLY IF they only support POP3 or
Webmail retrieval or if it reads the data from a store/database on
another computer and presents it via POP3 or webmail on the web edition
server. The license specifically allows web serving of almost any type
and pop3 mail serving of any type, and does not require that it be
Microsoft based. IMAP, MAPI and any other method of email retrieval
would be a violation of the license.
Third party FTP - no.
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