VS.NET Licensing and MSDN

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Shawn B. - 16 Sep 2005 20:40 GMT

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

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Sergey M - 16 Sep 2005 22:51 GMT

>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.

"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

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Shawn B. - 17 Sep 2005 04:55 GMT

Okay, thats what I thought. So the review in the guide is incorrect then.

Thanks,
Shawn

> >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
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>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.aspx#licensing

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Cindy Winegarden - 19 Sep 2005 03:18 GMT

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.

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> Okay, thats what I thought. So the review in the guide is incorrect then.

>> "When a subscription expires, do the licenses terminate or are they
>> still valid?
>>
>> MSDN Subscriptions have a perpetual license, ....

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