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visual studio .net general : VS.NET Licensing and MSDN



Shawn B.
9/16/2005 12:40:17 PM
I was always under the impression that you get a perpetual license to use
the tools shipped with an MSDN subscription but you only receive updates
during the lifetime of the subscription.

I'm reading
http://www.howtoselectguides.com/Guides/VisualStudio2005/tabid/68/Default.aspx
that says (under "Licensing") the license to use VS.NET expires with the
subscription if you fail to renew. Is this a new clause in licensing or is
this a mistak in their summary?


Thanks,
Shawn

Sergey M
9/16/2005 5:51:38 PM
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"When a subscription expires, do the licenses terminate or are they
still valid?

MSDN Subscriptions have a perpetual license, so subscribers can still
use the products received with their MSDN Subscription after their
subscription has expired."

http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.aspx#licensing
--
Sergey Mishkovskiy
http://www.usysware.com/dpack/ - DPack - free VS.NET add-ons
http://www.usysware.com/blog/


Shawn B.
9/16/2005 8:55:11 PM
Okay, thats what I thought. So the review in the guide is incorrect then.



Thanks,
Shawn


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Cindy Winegarden
9/18/2005 10:18:44 PM
Hi Shawn,

The article might be referring to the "Action Pack" subscriptions for
Microsoft Certified Partners. My understanding of that program is that the
license is good for a year and after that you have to discontinue using the
software unless you resubscribe.

--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/cindywinegarden


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