> The definition is not ambiguous at all. Office/OneNote 2007 requires
> Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista. The only portable
> devices that actually run these operating systems are laptops. It won't
> install on a thumb drive either, so you can't interpret it that way as
> well.
> The license always specifies the device you can install the program to,
> not the device you can keep your data on. So for the license, it doesn't
> matter whether you keep your data on a thumb drive or not, as you still
> have to physically install OneNote on all four computers.
>
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> "bartolome" <bartolome[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C87D2FA0-9052-4BF2-A4AF-E40C6285A0CA[ at ]microsoft.com:
>
> > Thanks all.
> >
> > "portable device" is ambiguous. A thumb drive is a portable device, of
> > course. I don't doubt that Microsoft "assumes" the portable device is a
> > laptop, but the definition should be spelled out in the license.
> >
> > Blog posts from Microsoft employees like this one only add to the confusion:
> >
http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/archive/2006/06/07/syncing-onenote-2007-notes-across-your-many-pcs.aspx.> > He refers in the comments to the license being valid for "two machines," not
> > solely a desktop and a portable.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sven" wrote:
> >
> > > This is the same thing that Office product licenses have said for years. One
> > > desktop, one portable device. I wanted to point out that the portable device
> > > always has been, and still is, assumed to be something like a laptop. It is
> > > not referring to a Pocket PC or Smartphone, though there is a copy of
> > > OneNote Mobile supplied for use on one of these 'portable' devices. That is
> > > a different piece of software altogether.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sven
> > > MS MVP Mobile Devices
> > > "Kathy Jacobs" <call_kathy[ at ]knot.cox.net> wrote in message
> > > news:054D276E-22A9-45F8-AED4-3543CBA1D590[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > > > You have a license for one machine, plus one portable device. If you need
> > > > to have OneNote on more than one machine,you will need to purchase
> > > > multiple licenses. If you go to About--> OneNote and then click the link
> > > > for the license terms, you will find the full text of the license. Scroll
> > > > down to Licensed Device information where you will find the following
> > > > text:
> > > > 2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
> > > > license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the
> > > > "licensed device." A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a
> > > > separate device.
> > > > a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the software on
> > > > the licensed device.
> > > > b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device for
> > > > use by the single primary user of the licensed device.
> > > > c. Separation of Components. The components of the software are licensed
> > > > as a single unit. You may not separate the components and install them on
> > > > different devices.
> > > >
> > > > If you have other questions, post back...
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
> > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
> > > > Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
> > > >
> > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
> > > > lived
> > > >
> > > > "bartolome" <bartolome[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:105022A2-34EE-4203-911C-5726887AF22C[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > > >>I have purchased a full version of OneNote (not the Home and Student
> > > >>version)
> > > >> and even though I have read the license terms, I do not understand them.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have four computers I would like to use OneNote on. I am the sole user
> > > >> of
> > > >> the software on all of these machines, although others use the machines
> > > >> for
> > > >> other purposes. One is a work machine, two are home machines (one
> > > >> upstairs,
> > > >> one downstairs) and a laptop. Can I install and use OneNote on all of
> > > >> those
> > > >> machines without violating the license? What if I open the notebooks from
> > > >> a
> > > >> USB thumb drive on each machine?
> > > >>
> > > >> Any clarification from Microsoft or its MVPs would be helpful. Thanks.
> > > >
> > >
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