Non-commercial use of Home & Student 2007

[David]

"Not for commercial situations" is pretty vague; how can I tell what is
considered a commercial use and what isn't? Does this mean a .docx document
can't be read by a non-H&S version of Word, or just what does it mean? e.g.,
can I send it as an attachment to someone else if it's not work-related (and
how would the software know that)? I'm not trying to violate the terms I
agreed to, I'd just like more specific guidelines as to what they mean.

 

[Val]

There's nothing in the documents that should distinguish them from any
others.

What the license means is that you cannot use this version for any business
puposes (profit or non-profit). You can write your term papers, letters to
mom asking for money to keep you in college writing term papers (hmmm, to
some people that is a profession ), and other personal uses.

Writing articles for which you expect to get paid by publications - not
allowed. Doing reports that will be used at your job - not allowed.

Will anyone actually go around checking up on you - not very likely.

Let your concience and Jiminy Cricket be your guide.

Val

 

[Harlan Grove]

"Not for commercial situations" is pretty vague; how can I tell what is
considered a commercial use and what isn't? . . .

....

Unless it's spelled out in the EULA (or whatever it's called these
days), you just have to use your common sense. Since any ambiguity in
contractual terms is always resolved to the detriment of the party
that wrote the ambiguous terms, at least in the US, UK and most other
common law countries, the 'reasonable man/woman' standard applies:
don't use it for anything for which you'd be remunerated. OTOH, use it
to contest the bill from your plumber, write minutes for your PTA
chapter, even write your resume. So much for Word. Grayer area using
Excel to manage your stock portfolio, but unlikely Microsoft would go
after anyone about that not least out of fear the courts would specify
for them what's meant by non-commercial use.