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Vista Licensing Terms Changed Significantly!


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Posted 02 November 2006 - 08:31 PM

Rejoice PC enthusiasts!

In a drastic turn around from it's earlier Vista licensing model releases, Microsoft has announced today that the licensing terms for Windows Vista have been significantly changed to allow for much easier licensing transfers.

"I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way. Namely, the terms regarding license-to-device assignment of the retail product (including Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) now read as follows: You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.

Our intention behind the original terms was genuinely geared toward combating piracy; however, it’s become clear to us that those original terms were perceived as adversely affecting an important group of customers: PC and hardware enthusiasts. You who comprise the enthusiast market are vital to us for several reasons, not least of all because of the support you’ve provided us throughout the development of Windows Vista. We respect the time and expense you go to in customizing, building and rebuilding your hardware and we heard you that the previous terms were seen as an impediment to that -- it’s for that reason we’ve made this change. I hope that this change provides the flexibility you need, and gives you more reason to be excited about the upcoming retail release of our new operating system."


Vista Team Blog

Microsoft has now added Vista to it's online Retail Software License Terms system.

Microsoft Retail Software License Terms

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#2 Nvyseal

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Posted 02 November 2006 - 08:43 PM

this makes me very happy, but i knew MS couldn't keep with the previous policy :(

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Posted 02 November 2006 - 09:14 PM

ohh thank god... I'm still gonna try out this Ubuntu though :(

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Posted 03 November 2006 - 08:56 AM

Well, now things start to make sense ! I can now say that i'll have one machine running Vista next year for sure. :(

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 04:03 PM

It is a huge improvement over the previous licenseing terms,




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