On Sep 22, 2003, at 7:05 PM, Sanford Whiteman wrote:
We're not going to pretend to be experts on MS's licensing and try
to interpret it for anyone, but we can say with confidence our Web
Edition with Ensim boxes are not in violation of their license
agreement.
Hey--they can think what they want, but "Installations of non-Web
serving applications are prohibited" is clear to me. It's funny that a
lot of you guys seem to think that MS is above such a fine-print
restriction, even if unenforced. They've had plenty of similar issues
in the past (EULAs for their workstation OSs, for example).
I have to agree with Sandy...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/web.mspx#usage
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, can be used solely to deploy Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, and Web services. Customers can use Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, to install the following:
▪ Web server software; for example, IIS.
▪ Web availability management software; for example, Microsoft Application Center.
Installations of non-Web serving applications are prohibited. ASP.NET-based applications that include code written in third-party programming languages can include that programming language's runtime components. For non-Web serving applications, you should consider Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition.
