Microsoft to simplify licensing lingo
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Aiming to make the licensing terms for its products less complex, Microsoft plans to publish in July a shortened and simplified version of its "Product Use Rights" document.
The current licensing document is just over 100 pages long and full of legal jargon. The new document will be about half as long and in plain language, Sunny Charlebois, product manager for licensing and pricing at Microsoft, said on Wednesday. Microsoft is not changing its licensing terms, she said.
The Product Use Rights document is for products bought on so called volume licenses only and details how Microsoft licenses its products. It is meant to help Microsoft customers, partners and others such as industry analysts understand what licenses are needed for use of Microsoft software.