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I was just made aware of a most interesting article written by Barry Pilling today. It appears Microsoft is making critical changes to MSDN product use rights in the new July 2015 Product Terms.
Based on the article I would say the new use rights appear to directly conflict with page 15 ("Where the Software Can be Installed and Run") and the example on the top of page 23 of the January 2015 Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and MSDN Licensing whitepaper.
This conflict appears to be very significant, and I encourage all readers to reach out to their Microsoft account team for clarification. If Barry's article is correct on the interpretation of the new MSDN licensing terms, this will have a negative financial impact on many Microsoft customers.
Let's hope this is an oversight and Microsoft comes out with a clarification saying so and corrected product use rights.
Thank you Barry for bringing this to the community's attention!
Please feel free to send me any updates on this hot issue to info@softwareadvocates.com.
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