Question about academic version of winXP

[Caanon]

Ok system is coming tommorow I guess in mail, maybe today, but it's probally too late for delivery. :frown:

I bought win XP at the college here. On the back, below the product key sticker, is another sticker with the "Don't lose this number!" text. Below that it says the following, and what my question is about: "UNLICENSED SOFTWARE-Illegal without separate license from Microsoft." WTF does that mean? 😕 Do I need to buy something else or what?

Thanks.

 

[bozo1]

That means you purchased the media only. You need a license to go with it.

 

[agnitrate]

I just bought the same thing here @ Purdue.

You don't own the license to the software. I actually have the agreement sitting right here in my desk. The university (Purdue in my case) owns the license with Microsoft that covers your usage of that software for 'academic purposes'. My contract with Purdue says that I can't sell, redistribute, blah blah blah all that stuff but that if I graduate (specifically says graduating does not include dropping out) that I am granted a perpetual license.

Being in college has advantages
Windows XP $5
Office XP Professional $5
Visual Studio .NET $10

All with licenses when I gradu-tate in 4 years 🙂

-silver

 

[bozo1]

Yep, that's how it works. When schools license their Microsoft stuff, they have a "Student Option" they can choose. They purchase a license for whatever number of students for whatever product they want. It is up to them if they want to let you download the software or whether they make you purchase the media in the bookstore or whatever. Either way, they are supposed to provide you with a licensing document on school letterhead. This is not as 'cheap' as many people think as most schools recoup the costs via student fees. You are only licensed to use the software while you are a student. If you end up graduating, you are granted a license to use it. If you drop out, fail, whatever, your permission to use it becomes void.

Unfortunately, many schools do not license their students but for some reason, the bookstore is selling the media. This is -not- legal.

 

[DeRusto]

I get everything that I could want for free...EXCEPT OfficeXP..that cost 180 bucks🙁

I guess it would be better to pay $5 a piece😉

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Yep, that's how it works. When schools license their Microsoft stuff, they have a "Student Option" they can choose. They purchase a license for whatever number of students for whatever product they want. It is up to them if they want to let you download the software or whether they make you purchase the media in the bookstore or whatever. Either way, they are supposed to provide you with a licensing document on school letterhead. This is not as 'cheap' as many people think as most schools recoup the costs via student fees. You are only licensed to use the software while you are a student. If you end up graduating, you are granted a license to use it. If you drop out, fail, whatever, your permission to use it becomes void.

Unfortunately, many schools do not license their students but for some reason, the bookstore is selling the media. This is -not- legal.

My school is pretty good about following the law... and we don't get any separate license - just the CD for $10. Maybe they keep the license and we have to be at school to legally use the software?

 

[bozo1]

Maybe they keep the license

They keep the license but they are supposed to provide you with a document on school letterhead that spells out the terms. If they won't provide you with one, something is fishy.