Visual Studio License question!!

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Vivek

I have a question regarding Visual Studio License. If I bought license for
newer version of Visual Studio .net license, will that license is good for
older version of Visual Studio? In other words Visual Studio .net license is
backward compatible with older version on Visual Studio product??

Thanks in advance.
 
Thats a funny question.

No VS.NET license is not valid for VS 6.

Licenses don't work that way; its the first time I have
heard the term "backward compatibility" being used wrt
licenses.

HTH,
Dolly
 
Hello Dolly,

Thanks for your info.
I am wondering can I buy license for Visual Studio 6.0?
The reason I am asking this question because I checked all web sites, all
the sites are talking about Visual Studio .net.
I have an application was written in VB 6.0. If you can provide me some
advice that will be great.

Thanks again.
 
Dolly said:
Thats a funny question.

No VS.NET license is not valid for VS 6.

Licenses don't work that way; its the first time I have
heard the term "backward compatibility" being used wrt
licenses.
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Some licenses do (you have to read to see exactly what they cover). For
instance, I have some Windows licenses that allow me to run older versions.

Unfortunately, I could not find any clause like that for VS.

-mike
MVP
 
Hi Vivek,

First of all apologies for my misinformation.

If you have VS.NET license, it is valuid for earlier
versions of Visual Studio.

Like you correctly pointed out, you cannot get VS 6 now,
you can only get VS.NET and downgrade it.

So, if you have license for VS.NET, it applies for VS 6.0
just as well.

Regards,
Dolly
 
Yes Michael, you are right.

And so does VS.NET, I just got it confirmed.

Sorry about the earlier wrong info.

Cheers,
Dolly
 
Vivek said:
I have a question regarding Visual Studio License. If I bought license for
newer version of Visual Studio .net license, will that license is good for
older version of Visual Studio? In other words Visual Studio .net license is
backward compatible with older version on Visual Studio product??

Thanks in advance.
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I'm not a lawyer, so it's possible that in the world of legalese I'm
wrong about this... but the EULA that accompanies my copy of VS.NET
2003 has the following clause that seems to let you legally use previous
versions of Visual Studio instead of VS.NET 2003:

======================================================================
13.2 Downgrades. Instead of installing and using the Software, you may
install and use copies of an earlier version of the Software, provided
that you completely remove such earlier version and install the current
version of the Software within a reasonable time. Your use of such
earlier version shall be governed by this EULA, and your rights to use
such earlier version shall terminate when you install the Software.
======================================================================

I'd assume that however long you're supporting a VB 6 application would
fall under the 'reasonable' restriction. However, this doesn't address
how you would get the actual media or software bits if you don't already
have access to them.

You might be better served by getting a subscription to MSDN
Professional, which includes Visual Studio among other valuable software
for development and testing. I know the MSDN download service still
provides access to VS 6.0 - I'm not sure if they provide hard media for
it anymore.
 
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