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Just three weeks ago HEXUS readers were getting very shirty about a change in Microsoft’s Office licensing agreement; of course it was a change in Microsoft’s favour. The licensing tweaks, which users agreed to upon installing the latest version of Office, “permanently assigned” the software to that computer. If you were ever to get a new computer for any reason other than your “PC failed under warranty”, you would need to buy a new copy of Office.
Even a vole will turn
In a blog post today Jevon Fark, from the Microsoft Office Team announced a turnaround. Fark wrote “Based on customer feedback we have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another.” He went into further detail to explain “This means customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they get a new one. Previously, customers could only transfer their Office 2013 software to a new device if their PC failed under warranty.”
http://hexus.net/business/news/legal/52581-microsoft-backs-office-2013-software-transfers/
Even a vole will turn
In a blog post today Jevon Fark, from the Microsoft Office Team announced a turnaround. Fark wrote “Based on customer feedback we have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another.” He went into further detail to explain “This means customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they get a new one. Previously, customers could only transfer their Office 2013 software to a new device if their PC failed under warranty.”
http://hexus.net/business/news/legal/52581-microsoft-backs-office-2013-software-transfers/
