Transfer Of OS License

[Jason Piercey]

Being as brief as possible.

Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B
joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then
purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now
Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company
B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under
Company A.

Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing
OS licensed to Company A and be legit?

Thanks for any advice/information on this subject.

 

[Jason Piercey]

Posted this here because these are all XP boxes. Not sure
if there is a better place to post such a question.

 

[smlunatick]

Posted this here because these are all XP boxes.  Not sure
if there is a better place to post such a question.

Volume License -- No.

Retail -- Sell the software with it.

OEM (installed on the hardware originally sold to Company A) -- MUST
be delivered with hardware.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Being as brief as possible.

Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B
joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A
then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now
Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B
is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been
using under Company A.

Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an
existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit?

Thanks for any advice/information on this subject.

What type of licenses?

OEM? Retail? Volume?

 

[Bob I]

Does Company A hold/maintain enough licenses to cover Company B PCs? If
these are Volume licenses "A" can't sell them, but would still be
responsible for them.

 

[Jason Piercey]

Yes company A holds enough to cover company B.

They are volume licenses. Company A no longer has
any interest in being responsible for company B.

 

[Jason Piercey]

Thanks.

Volume License -- No.

Retail -- Sell the software with it.

 

[Jason Piercey]

Volume

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Being as brief as possible.

Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B
joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A
then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now
Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B
is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been
using under Company A.

Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an
existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit?

Thanks for any advice/information on this subject.

What type of licenses?

OEM? Retail? Volume?

Volume

Then if company A will no longer be managing/part of company B (sharing
resources) - Company B will need their own licenses (although it is a fair
bet these systems were bought with OEM licenses and then the voilume
licensed software (especially operating system) was installed (so the
company splitting off could purchase the equipment with the original OEM
licenses.)

Now if everyone will still be operating under the same larger umbrella and
that larger umbrella is the owner of the volume licenses - they can still
use it of course - but that is not what it sounds like.

 

[Jason Piercey]

Then if company A will no longer be managing/part of company B (sharing
resources) - Company B will need their own licenses (although it is a fair
bet these systems were bought with OEM licenses and then the voilume
licensed software (especially operating system) was installed (so the
company splitting off could purchase the equipment with the original OEM
licenses.)

These systems were purchased in parts and assembled in-house.
Only the volume licenses were used to my knowledge.

Now if everyone will still be operating under the same larger umbrella and
that larger umbrella is the owner of the volume licenses - they can still
use it of course - but that is not what it sounds like.

The original arrangement was the larger umbrella, but Company B
doesn't want to be under that unbrella any longer.

Trying to pose questions / bring to the attention of Company A
owner/operator things he may not have thought of.

 

[Jason Piercey]

I'm being told, by someone who has just spoken with MS licensing
department, there is a way to transfer a volume license. I've not
seen the details with my own eyes yet.

 

[Jason Piercey]

http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/staylegal/faq/default.aspx#Transfer

Sounds like hardware + OEM license + volume license has to be transferred.

 

[Frank-FL]

Being as brief as possible.

Company A has been in business for years. At some point
Company B
joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll,
etc..Company A then
purchases more hardware/software so Company B can
function. Now
Company B wants to be their own entity within the same
office. Company
B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been
using under
Company A.

Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with
an existing
OS licensed to Company A and be legit?

Thanks for any advice/information on this subject.

According to Microsoft EULA the XP OS is tied to the
_device_ not the company.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

According to Microsoft EULA the XP OS is tied to the
_device_ not the company.

That's the OEM EULA.

There's more than one EULA.

 

[Alias]

That's the OEM EULA.

There's more than one EULA.

Yeah, they're endless and MS hopes you will just accept them and not
read them. All of them have one thing in common, though: they tell you
what you *can't* do with the OS.

Alias