On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 15:03 +1200, Daniel Lawson wrote:
I'll only let you have it if you can show me current student ID though, because otherwise you're not actually entitled to be installing it ;)
Hmm - a current student ID might be difficult. Does it have to have my name on it? I could probably source a current student ID with someone else's name on it *grin*
At risk of getting my whip dirty as I keep flogging that dead horse... You may as well just pirate it, if you're going to do that.
Of course, that's assuming that the "current student license" requirement Bruce imposed is actually a fact. When I acquired my WinXP license under the Waikato Uni CS MSDNAA license, I asked about this and was told that these licenses exist in perpetuity - they do not expire when you stop being a student. It would pay to check.
You were informed incorrectly, the license exists in perpetuity as long as the user is enrolled or is a staff member or other eligible participant "in perpetuity" and is used for instructional purposes only. In fact the University, as license owner, is required to "take all reasonable steps" to ensure that software issued under their license is removed from machines owned by those who become ineligible. Using any Volume license to which you are not an eligible participant is piracy. http://msdnaa.eng.ufl.edu/faqs.html#qc4 The only NZ tertiary institution that I know of that actively enforces this is the Wananga. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear for the well dressed OOo Advocate www.ooogear.co.nz Open Source Training, Migration and Certification http://www.openopportunities.co.nz