VS.net licensing

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Can I use the same license to run Visual Studio at work and Visual Studio at
home? If so, does Microsoft have a document describing the legality?
 
See the EULA that comes with your copy of Visual Studio - it should be on a
text file, easy to find. Different versions have different particulars but
they should be explained. Many Microsoft products *do* let you use a single
license on both home and work computers for your own exclusive use.
 
Here's what Microsoft says about how to find your copy of the license
document:



The End-User License Agreement (EULA) can be found in the product name
subdirectory of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 installation
directory. The name of the file is EULA.txt.

For example, if you install Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect, the
file named EULA.txt is in the following location:

[Drive Letter]:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Visual
Studio .NET Enterprise Architect - English.
 
For anybody that might stumble accross this in the future, this is what I
found:
1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an individual, a
personal, nonexclusive license to use the Software, and to make and use
copies of the Software for the purposes of designing, developing, testing,
and demonstrating your software product(s), provided that you are the only
individual using the Software.
If you are an entity, Microsoft grants to you a personal, nonexclusive
license to use the Software, and to make and use copies of the Software,
provided that for each individual using the Software within your
organization, you have acquired a separate and valid license for each such
individual.
1.2 Documentation. You may make and use an unlimited number of copies of
any documentation, provided that such copies shall be used only for personal
purposes and are not to be republished or distributed (either in hard copy or
electronic form) beyond your premises.


Michael A. Covington said:
Here's what Microsoft says about how to find your copy of the license
document:



The End-User License Agreement (EULA) can be found in the product name
subdirectory of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 installation
directory. The name of the file is EULA.txt.

For example, if you install Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect, the
file named EULA.txt is in the following location:

[Drive Letter]:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Visual
Studio .NET Enterprise Architect - English.





Wild Bill said:
Can I use the same license to run Visual Studio at work and Visual Studio
at
home? If so, does Microsoft have a document describing the legality?
 
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