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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / February 2006License agreement (EULA)
Can someone please post the EULA? I need clarification on a fine point on License Agreement. Or better yet I need "Authoritative" word on running one license on my desktop at work and using the same license to install on my portable, to take work home. It seems to depend on which way the wind is blowing the day the software is purchased whether this is allowed. > Can someone please post the EULA? I need clarification on a fine point > on License Agreement. Or better yet I need "Authoritative" word on > running one license on my desktop at work and using the same license to > install on my portable, to take work home. It seems to depend on which > way the wind is blowing the day the software is purchased whether this > is allowed. AFAIK there isn't a single EULA for all versions, and since you don't say which version you're using, I wouldn't even know which one to post. However, I *can* say definitively that the standard version EULAs for MacOffice v.X and MacOffice 2004 do allow installation on one desktop and one laptop as long as both are used by you, so if you have one of those two versions, your situation is perfectly legal. I've never seen any variation on that part of the license. >> Can someone please post the EULA? I need clarification on a fine point >> on License Agreement. Or better yet I need "Authoritative" word on [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I've never seen any variation on that part of the license. It DOES mention that they cannot both be used at the same time. Just to clear up any loopholes that might be running through someone's mind. -Mark > It DOES mention that they cannot both be used at the same time. Just to > clear up any loopholes that might be running through someone's mind. Hmm... my Office 2004 license doesn't say that. Rather it says the second copy is for the exclusive use of the primary user of the desktop installation. I have frequently used Office on both my desktop and laptop at the same time, and it certainly appears to me that the copy on my desktop can be legally used by an employee of my company while I'm using the copy on the laptop, as long as I'm still the primary user of the desktop copy. >> It DOES mention that they cannot both be used at the same time. Just to >> clear up any loopholes that might be running through someone's mind. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > legally used by an employee of my company while I'm using the copy on > the laptop, as long as I'm still the primary user of the desktop copy. Well.....maybe I'm mixing metaphors here. I know that the student/teacher version actually checks to see if multiple copies are running with the same ID at the same time. If so, it gives an error and will not run. I haven't used a non-student/teacher version for a couple of versions now, but I _thought_ it did something to prevent multiple concurrent users as well. Anyone have the scoop? -Mark > Well.....maybe I'm mixing metaphors here. I know that the student/teacher > version actually checks to see if multiple copies are running with the same > ID at the same time. If so, it gives an error and will not run. That's the anti-piracy mechanism, not the EULA. It only works on (some) intranets, and when it works, seems to be more restrictive than the EULA. > I haven't used a non-student/teacher version for a couple of versions now, > but I _thought_ it did something to prevent multiple concurrent users as > well. Both the Standard and S/T versions use the same anti-piracy scheme. >> Well.....maybe I'm mixing metaphors here. I know that the >> student/teacher [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Both the Standard and S/T versions use the same anti-piracy scheme. You don't think it enforces the EULA's restrictions? Methinks that you are probably reading the EULA too liberally. They are supposed to coincide. > You don't think it enforces the EULA's restrictions? Methinks that you are > probably reading the EULA too liberally. They are supposed to coincide. They are? Perhaps, but it certainly wasn't engineered that way. However, since the EULA specifically states that it constitutes the entire license agreement, nothing restricted or allowed by the anti-piracy mechanism (APM) may be used to interpret the EULA (other than that the software is provided "as-is"). I generally prefer to give MS attorneys credit for being precise and comprehensive. Since they make a clear distinction between the licensee and the primary user, and since they mention nothing about simultaneous use, I interpret their language to mean that they did not contractually restrict such use. FWIW, I use one license for Office on a desktop and a laptop, on an internal network, all the time, and I've never had the APM prevent me from using them simultaneously. >> You don't think it enforces the EULA's restrictions? Methinks that you >> are [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > internal network, all the time, and I've never had the APM prevent me > from using them simultaneously. For the record, I'm not claiming super-human lawyer-interpreting powers. ;-) It is interesting that the standard version does not have "an enforcement arm" like the S/T version does. I'm all for getting your money's worth out of an EULA. > It is interesting that the standard version does not have "an enforcement > arm" like the S/T version does. Oh, it does, same as S/T. It just doesn't always work... You can Google old posts from the m.p.mac.office* groups for more details. On 28/2/06 8:08 AM, in article jemcgimpsey-2D7878.14084927022006@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey" <jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote: >> You don't think it enforces the EULA's restrictions? Methinks that you are >> probably reading the EULA too liberally. They are supposed to coincide. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > internal network, all the time, and I've never had the APM prevent me > from using them simultaneously. FWIW, I have PowerBooks only (no desktop Mac) on an AirPort network, and a separate licence is required for each otherwise the standard warning message comes up (which I found when I mis-identified which one I had reinstalled after a hard drive failure I was grateful for the notes on your website about re-assigning the serial number, JE). Cheers, Clive Huggan ============ |
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