Microsoft would be with the introduction of Windows 8 a new license type, want to introduce with the name Personal Use License for System Builder. This license would be for homebuilders are provided and are cheaper than the retail version.
Currently selling Microsoft Windows operating system with three licenses: retail upgrades, System Builder licenses for oem’s and the so-called full packaged products. In practice, the relatively cheap oem-licenses for example, Windows 7 online offered for sale and purchased by hobbyists who have their own pc, put it together, though this is strictly speaking in violation of the license terms of Microsoft. With the advent of Windows 8, Microsoft would have a new type of license like to introduce for this target group may be of interest, reports ZDnet.
The license type would be a Personal Use License for System Builder called and gives a user the same Windows 8 version as the oem edition. According to the licensing terms should a user have Windows 8 on one partition, install a new build system, or run as a virtual machine. It is not permitted to the operating system on multiple computers or install it on a machine that is also running a non-legitimate version of Windows is running. For this last category has the Microsoft Genuine Advantage program.
Even though the price of this ‘diy-license’ is not yet known, will in all likelihood be significantly lower than the price of the retailuitvoering of Windows 8. Microsoft would still be enough margin to generate the sale of such licenses by this directly to consumers to sell. Moreover, it would be ‘handymen’ is no longer an oem license need.
ZDnet also reports that Microsoft and the legal texts in the license terms on the kick has been taken and in a more understandable form has cast. So are the main terms and conditions of the end user license agreements in a question – and-answer format, written. So would be end users, a clear picture should get what is and is not allowed.