Windows Embedded Licensing

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Chauncey Levisay

I have been on the sales training site from microsoft and in there attempt
to provide better information on licensing for Windows Embedded, it seems
that they just leave alot of questions to be interpreted on your own. I
wish they would provide a clear explanation of the whole licensing scenario.
Oh and by clear I also mean an explanation where you do not need a lawyer to
decipher all the legal mumbo jumbo. Anyone else feel this way?
 
I'll throw in with a related question; I've purchased some prototype
boards with licensed versions of XPe, but wasn't happy with the XPe
build that was on there. So I rebuilt the images the way I wanted them
with the evaluation tools.

I still have the stickers (someplace), so is there a way to use these
licenses with my evaluation version of the tools? If not, can I reuse
them with the full development license or are they somehow tied to the
original OEM?
 
Glenn,

From sticker you can use numbers in TD. Unfortunately for TD to allow you to
use this number you will have to buy non-eval tools. But before you can do
that you will have to sign some papers.
So answer is pretty much clear if you want to do this on one device it is
not possible :-(
Your eval image will always expire on date.

Regards,
Slobodan
 
It is usually up to your negotiation with the OEM who did the device and initial image on it.
I don't think you will be allowed to reuse the same stickers (the same runtime licenses) but you can replace them by the ones you
purchases from Microsoft by yourself.
So you will still pay for the device (hardware) and one runtime license per device.
 
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