We are an ISV in the U.S. One of our customers, a United Nations agency located in Europe, urgently needs a runtime processor license for SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. These licenses can be purchased only from companies that are members of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program, which we have not yet joined. Back in 2004, Microsoft accepted our company into its "Product Integration Program" (PIP), which was later discontinued and rolled into the ISV Royalty Licensing Program. The PIP allowed us to purchase SQL Server runtime licenses and sell them to our customers along with our off-the-shelf application.
The key differences between a runtime license and a "full-use" license are that a runtime license:- costs less than half as much (US$1,758 vs. $4,876)
- can legally be used for only one application. Our customer is interested in SQL Server only to use it for our application, since they are not a SQL Server shop.
Are there any ISVs out there who are members of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program who would be interested in selling my customer a runtime processor license for SQL Server 2005? The cost from Microsoft is $1,758, but of course you would add your normal markup to that. We ourselves will not mark it up for this United Nations agency since we just want to give them what they need.
If interested, or if you can point me where to look for someone who might be, then please contact me at awad at auditleverage.com. Many thanks.
Mike
I an not sure if that would comply with the licensing agreements, because AFAIK the customers can and is allowed only to use the database for their application, not for any other.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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