Re: Windows SBS 2003 from ebay?

Hello All

OK folks, many thanks for your replies. You are all obviously experienced
and knowledgeable on this issue, and I am not. Therefore I am prepared to
accept that you are all correct in saying what you have said - which amounts
to "it's not legal, don't touch it with a barge pole".
HOWEVER
I need to understand why. Being a bit of an obsessive/pedantic/cynical type,
I NEED TO KNOW exactly what it is that make these 'offers' illegal. So far
your rationale has been restricted to intuition and common sense ("if it's
that cheap it must be illegal"), but for me that's not enough: I need to
know what rule/term of the licence agreement/law I would be breaking if a
bought and used software from these guys. Some of you have conceded that
some software sold on ebay is probably legal: how do I differentiate between
the legal and the illegal?

Let me put it another way: under what circumstances is it legal for someone
(other than microsoft and other official suppliers) to sell this kind of
software?

Hope you all don't mind my asking!

Thanks again
Les



"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:%23f0E3oCeFHA.1288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This screams a Not for Resale version of SBS..
>
> 1. It's too cheap
> 2. No box? Excuse me the only way I have SBS without a box is
> officially from Microsoft licensing not ebay
> 3. Flat out... it's way too cheap to be legal
>
>
>
> Leslie Isaacs wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > All of you are saying the same thing, so I suppose you must be right,
but I
> > am very curious about why all these offers are necessarily illegal: if
> > someone buys the product but does not use/activate it, surely they can
sell
> > it on legally?
> >
> > When one of the sellers says:
> > "This is an auction for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
> > Standard Edition, incorporating 1 Server Licence and 5 Client Access
> > Licences (CALs). It is the full software (not an upgrade) and comes as a
set
> > of holographic Microsoft CD ROMs with Product Key Codes. It has never
been
> > installed or registered/activated.
> > Please note: This product does not include a box, manual or other
printed
> > material. It is only the CD ROMs and Product Key Code. "
> >
> > ... is he lying, or what?
> >
> > Same goes for the one saying simply:
> > "Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 5 Cals (license pack)
New
> > and un-opened"
> >
> > Also, one seller give the following information:
> > "In Per User or Per Device mode, a separate CAL is required for each
user or
> > device that accesses or uses the Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
> > software on any server. You may reassign a Windows CAL from one device
to
> > another device, or from one user to another user, provided the
reassignment
> > is made either (a) permanently away from the one device or user or (b)
> > temporarily to accommodate the use of the Windows CAL either by a loaner
> > device, while a permanent device is out of service, or by a temporary
> > worker, while a regular employee is absent. By having two types of
Windows
> > CALs, you are able to use the model that makes sense for your
organization.
> > For example, purchasing a Windows User CAL might make more sense if your
> > company has a need for employees to have roaming access using multiple
> > devices. Windows Device CALs may make more sense if your company has
> > multiple-shift workers who share devices."
> >
> > This sounds reassuring to me - or am I being naive?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> > Leslie Isaacs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "DaveN" <DaveN.1r334x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:DaveN.1r334x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>they would be illegal.... that TweakNT thing is illegal too
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >


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