Licensing Restrictions of NFR and Action Pack Media for SBS 2000 (297939)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2000
This article was previously published under Q297939

SUMMARY

This article explains the implementation and licensing of Not-For-Resale (NFR) and Action Pack Media for Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2000. The way that NFR media is handled in SBS version 4.5 is different in the release of SBS 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

In SBS 4.5, the NFR CD set has a hard-coded user limit and you cannot add Client Access Licenses (CALs) by using Client Add Packs (CAPs). It also includes an NFR version of Windows NT 4.0, which you cannot upgrade.

In SBS 2000, only a time-bombed version of the product is included. This is limited to 120 days, includes 50 CALs, and you can upgrade it to the standard version of the product. This upgrade releases the 120-day limit and reduces the number of CALs to 5 so that you can purchase legitimate CALs.

Functionality of the product does not differ between the time-bombed version and the standard versions.

Not-For-Resale

There is still an NFR Stock Keeping Unit (SKU). This SKU either contains the time-bombed version or the standard version.

Based on the End-User License Agreement (EULA), the time-bombed version contains the "120-day Evaluation and NFR license" which has the following clause:

The Product is NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE. You may not demonstrate, test, examine, evaluate or otherwise use the Product in a live operating environment or with data that has not been sufficiently backed up.

The standard version has the following clause, in the event that it is used in the NFR SKU:

NOT FOR RESALE SOFTWARE/DEVELOPER EDITION SOFTWARE. Product identified as "Not for Resale" or "NFR," may not be resold, transferred or used for any purpose other than demonstration, test or evaluation and you may only access and utilize the Server Software of such Product to the extent such access and use is authorized by the CALs accompanying the "Not for Resale" or "NFR" Product. Product identified as "Developer Edition" or acquired through MSDN may only be used according to the terms and conditions of the MSDN license agreement.

Action Pack

The Action Pack media contains the standard version and is licensed in accordance with a "hard-copy" EULA that is included with the media. The EULA designates the specific number of licenses. The UK version of the Action Pack explicitly permits internal business use. However, in other countries, internal business use is limited by the EULA.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

297459 MSDN-Version SBS and BackOffice Support Boundaries

For more information regarding the UK version of the Action Pack, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/actionpack.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess/services/subscribe/

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/18/2006
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