On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Michael Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have corporate license then you can transfer the license between > machines and at any one time you would only have one "machine" so a > single license would seem to fit.
The MSFT rep's I've talked to so far quote chapter and verse from the Product Use Rights. I don't have the file in front of me, but they point to the clause that states you cannot make copies without licenses. Since these are installed instances on different drives, that's making copies. As they read things, anyway. Another thing the license documentation doesn't really cover one way or the other is that workstation OS volume licenses are "Upgrade Only". You're only permitted to use the license seat you're upgrading for one upgrade. So, from that point-of-view, for the OS, I need multiple FPP seats! > I would have no problems in recommending this sort of situation as being > appropriate for a corporate license. Part of my issue is that we'll be audited for compliance with regulations, and that can include demonstrating proof-of-license for any commercial software we're using. I also don't want to get stuck with a situation where Vista decides to turn itself off because it wants to be re-activated for whatever asinine reason. I've had enough hassles with activation in situations where I'm fully within what Microsoft says is legit that I don't want to take chances if they're already saying I won't be okay. Who knows, maybe some future "Genuine Advantage" update to Windows will decide that "different hard disk == re-activate". > One caveat would depend on the end users. If the drives are being > isolated as they belong to different companies ... All one company, just different government programs/projects. > You will probably struggle to get it in writing. That's the trouble. As they saying goes, verbal agreements aren't worth the paper they're written on. And the fact that one can get different answers depending on which rep you talk to doesn't exactly give me a warm fuzzy. > Hope this helps. Well, it at least feels good to hear others agreeing with my own interpretations. :) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
