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Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 03/16/2007
From: "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Can someone "official" please give "official" clarification here...

This is the Vista EULA straight from the Microsoft site:
http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Home%20Premium_English_d16c019b-fa71-4fc9-a51d-a0621bddb153.pdf

Go to page 11 and look at point 4 under both the HOME BASIC and HOME PREMIUM
sections...

I'm no lawyer, but the sentence "You may not use the software installed on
the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware
system." seems pretty clear to me...

I appreciate that the Basic and Premium editions aren't *supported* on VPC,
but is it actually in direct contravention of the EULA to install them on a
guest...?

One of the main reasons for my purchasing my MSDN subscription was so that I
could use its "install as many copies as you like so long as its for
development and testing" facility, and VPC allows me to do this without the
expense of additional hardware.

If the above EULA is now telling me that this doesn't apply to Vista Home
Basic and Vista Home Premium, I have to say I'll be less than impressed...

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Re: Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Sent: 03/17/2007
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <#(email address - cut out)>, in the
microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Mark Rae
<(email address - cut out)> says...

Correct.

My understanding is that there is an extension to the MSDN EULA
that allows you to run these in virtual machines under your MSDN
license. As always, a peer supported news group is not the right
place to be getting licensing information from, you should
contact your local Microsoft office to speak with a licensing
specialist.

--
Paul Adare
MVP - Windows - Virtual Machine
http://www.identit.ca
"The English language, complete with irony, satire, and sarcasm,
has survived for centuries without smileys. Only the new crop of
modern computer geeks finds it impossible to detect a joke that
is not clearly labeled as such."
Ray Shea

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> I'm no lawyer, but the sentence "You may not use the software installed on
> the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware
> system." seems pretty clear to me...
>
> I appreciate that the Basic and Premium editions aren't *supported* on VPC,
> but is it actually in direct contravention of the EULA to install them on a
> guest...?
>
> One of the main reasons for my purchasing my MSDN subscription was so that I
> could use its "install as many copies as you like so long as its for
> development and testing" facility, and VPC allows me to do this without the
> expense of additional hardware.
>
> If the above EULA is now telling me that this doesn't apply to Vista Home
> Basic and Vista Home Premium, I have to say I'll be less than impressed...

Re: Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Sent: 03/20/2007
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

The MSDN EULA covers you for development and testing, not the general
Vista EULA. And yes, The MSDN EULA allows using Vista Home in a VM.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:51:11 -0000, "Mark Rae"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

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>Nobody got any further info on this...?
>
>"Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Can someone "official" please give "official" clarification here...
>>
>> This is the Vista EULA straight from the Microsoft site:
>> http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Home%20Premium_English_d16c019b-fa71-4fc9-a51d-a0621bddb153.pdf
>>
>> Go to page 11 and look at point 4 under both the HOME BASIC and HOME
>> PREMIUM sections...
>>
>> I'm no lawyer, but the sentence "You may not use the software installed on
>> the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware
>> system." seems pretty clear to me...
>>
>> I appreciate that the Basic and Premium editions aren't *supported* on
>> VPC, but is it actually in direct contravention of the EULA to install
>> them on a guest...?
>>
>> One of the main reasons for my purchasing my MSDN subscription was so that
>> I could use its "install as many copies as you like so long as its for
>> development and testing" facility, and VPC allows me to do this without
>> the expense of additional hardware.
>>
>> If the above EULA is now telling me that this doesn't apply to Vista Home
>> Basic and Vista Home Premium, I have to say I'll be less than impressed...
>>
>

Re: Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Sent: 03/20/2007
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You're welcome.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:25:07 -0000, "Mark Rae"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Show quoted text

>"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> The MSDN EULA covers you for development and testing, not the general
>> Vista EULA. And yes, The MSDN EULA allows using Vista Home in a VM.
>
>Thanks very much.
>

Re: Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Sent: 03/20/2007
From: "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Nobody got any further info on this...?

"Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Can someone "official" please give "official" clarification here...
>
> This is the Vista EULA straight from the Microsoft site:
> http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Home%20Premium_English_d16c019b-fa71-4fc9-a51d-a0621bddb153.pdf
>
> Go to page 11 and look at point 4 under both the HOME BASIC and HOME
> PREMIUM sections...
>
> I'm no lawyer, but the sentence "You may not use the software installed on
> the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware
> system." seems pretty clear to me...
>
> I appreciate that the Basic and Premium editions aren't *supported* on
> VPC, but is it actually in direct contravention of the EULA to install
> them on a guest...?
>
> One of the main reasons for my purchasing my MSDN subscription was so that
> I could use its "install as many copies as you like so long as its for
> development and testing" facility, and VPC allows me to do this without
> the expense of additional hardware.
>
> If the above EULA is now telling me that this doesn't apply to Vista Home
> Basic and Vista Home Premium, I have to say I'll be less than impressed...
>

Re: Vista licensing in a virtualised environment

Sent: 03/20/2007
From: "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Thanks very much.

Show quoted text

> The MSDN EULA covers you for development and testing, not the general
> Vista EULA. And yes, The MSDN EULA allows using Vista Home in a VM.

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