Originally posted by: compgeek2k4
Been a lurker here for a while, but though I would post on this topic
I got some software from here, and I do sell MS products in a qualifying store, so the software that I received is legit. I also have only one account and will not cheat the system by signing up for multiple ones.
I ordered three pieces of software from retail training, which I received about three weeks ago. None of the software came with any sticker of message of any sort that said it was NFR. I even did a web search using the bar code on Office XP Pro and it came up as a full retail version.
Now I went to the traing site and looked at the terms of use. I read them word by work and it does not say anything about the software being NFR, PUP, Personal use, or anything that I find to resemble the same effect. Now if Microsoft did not want people selling these copies, wouldn't they have come right out and stated that fact? How hard is it to say "These copies are for personal use and can't be resold." Not that hard at all.
Now, should these be NFR? Probably. But if someone sees an opportunity to sell them, and there is nothing that specifically forbids them from selling them, then they are well within their rights to do so.
I got two copies of Office XP Professional, and I am very tempted to sell one of them, since I have yet to find anything on their website which states that I may not. Now if my software had arrived with a NFR sticker on it, or something of the sort, then that would be different.
I challenge any of the lawyer types to tell me I am wrong. If you can prove it, then I will admit I am wrong and shut my mouth.
This is the link to Microsoft's Retail Training Terms of Use