[CLUE-Talk] MS SQL Server licensing issues

[Mike Miller]

There's also an issue with Enterprise Agreement licensing (used to
simplify software purchases for lots of licenses).

In Version 5, if you bought an EA CAL (Client Access License, Typically
$250 or so for a collection of microsoft products), it included an
access license for SQL.

In Version 6, it doesn't. So if someone blindly just upgrades to V6
without reading the fine print, they may be in violation as they won't
HAVE a CAL for SQL included..



-----Original Message-----
From: clue-talk-admin at clue.denver.co.us
[mailto:clue-talk-admin at clue.denver.co.us] On Behalf Of Dennis J Perkins
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:41 PM
To: clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Talk] MS SQL Server licensing issues


Microsoft was found guilty of violating the license to technology or 
code that they used for SQL Server.  I think this happened early this
year. I don't recall where I read about it.

Sean LeBlanc wrote:

>Last week at the cert meeting, someone (Dennis? Jef?) mentioned that 
>Microsoft had an issue with licensing, and that people who currently 
>run MS SQL Server could be in trouble, and of course MS has not 
>notified people of this potential problem. Can anyone provide a link? 
>I'd like to have this bit of info at my disposal whenever the 
>"Microsoft is great, so why don't you just roll over and enjoy using 
>their crapware" discussions come up...
>
>I thought I remember some hoopla about this in the spring of 2002, but 
>maybe that was an entirely different issue.
>
>Thanks,
>  
>


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