Re: Acquiring VB3 - Licensing

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance


"Nobody" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23k5Y$wrQKHA.4028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Scott M." <s-mar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OwfGM1qQKHA.4028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions> wrote in message
news:O69S58pQKHA.764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Jason Keats" <jkeats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OpJCZSeQKHA.5068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MSDN Pro (etc.) allows you to download VB 2, 3, 4 & 6.


I notice no product key is required for VB 2, 3 & 4 (unlike 6), not
quite sure how to interpret that with respect to license.


In MSDN, no license key is needed for any of the development tools
because it's baked into the installation package.

-Scott

Just in case of some misunderstanding, some older development tools don't
require keys. Newer tools and software require getting keys before the
subscription ends, otherwise the newer tools cannot be installed.

Well newer tools and software requre getting/having keys before the software
is installed (not before subscription ends because many subscriptions allow
the software license in perpetuity). It's just that these tools, when
gotten via an MSDN subscription are what MS calls: "pre-piddled" meaning
that the key is baked into the software's installation package and when the
screen comes up that asks for the key, it's already filled in and greyed out
so it can't be altered.

-Scott


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 10 Activations after MSDN subscription expires
    ... >The license does not expire after one year, ... >"When a subscription expires, do the licenses terminate or are they ... >MSDN Subscriptions have a perpetual license, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: What is .net
    ... It sounds like what you have is an MSDN Universal Subscription. ... don't have some sort of site license, the subscription is licensed to one ... One program I've written creates an Excel workbook for each of our 20 ... Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.academic)
  • Re: What is .net
    ... It sounds like what you have is an MSDN Universal Subscription. ... don't have some sort of site license, the subscription is licensed to one ... One program I've written creates an Excel workbook for each of our 20 ... Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.faqs)
  • Re: What is .net
    ... It sounds like what you have is an MSDN Universal Subscription. ... don't have some sort of site license, the subscription is licensed to one ... One program I've written creates an Excel workbook for each of our 20 ... Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.buildingcontrols)
  • Re: What is .net
    ... It sounds like what you have is an MSDN Universal Subscription. ... don't have some sort of site license, the subscription is licensed to one ... One program I've written creates an Excel workbook for each of our 20 ... Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)