Personal use of Windows 8 license - what exactly is "personal use".
Dear forum,
can I use personal use license in the following scenarios:
(a) a company is building computer for his own use of components of the computer, the computer will not be sold to an end user.
(b) a company is installing secondary OS on the second partition on their own computer that will not be sold to an end user.
The Microsoft Web site is not clear.
For an example, look at the page:
http://www.Microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/Windows-licensing-for-personal-use.aspx#fBid=1KeQMgmGMCd
Quote: "software manufacturer of system 8.1 Windows does not allow personal use." If 'personal use' means "use by amateurs for private things", this statement is meaningless.
One possible interpretation is that the "personal use" means in fact that operating system "does NOT serve to preinstall the operating system on a client system, you build to sell to an end user".
Thanks for the responses,
Matej
Hello
You can find more information about licensing from these links:
http://OEM.Microsoft.com/public/worldwide/licensing/OEM_System_Builder_Licensing_Guide.PDF
http://www.Microsoft.com/licensing/
http://www.Microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/index.aspx#fBid=rU2QrNFA6dn
I suggest you to go to your center of local Volume Licensing support for more information.
https://www.Microsoft.com/licensing/ServiceCenter/help/contact.aspx
I hope this helps.
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