Is it legal to use Developer edition in QA environment??

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Is it legal to use Developer edition in QA environment??

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July 30, 2009 at 12:20 pm

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Hi,
I just want to know which edition of SQL Server 2005 you guys use in QA environment at your Organization?
We are using Developer edition in both Development & QA environments. Enterprise /Standard edition in Production environment.
Is it legal to use Developer edition in QA environment??

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

Yep, that's what we do.

License says you can't use it for production databases. QA isn't production.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

And as long as any one who is making actual changes to database objects (altering tables, sprocs, views, etc) has a licensed copy of Developer Edition ($50.00 USD isn't bad). Users testing an application using a database in QA don't need a license.

rambilla4 SSCrazy Eights Points: 8715 More actions · Answer 3

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July 30, 2009 at 5:52 pm

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thank you..

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 4

All of that certainly sounds right and it's certainly coming from two of the folks that I have a high degree of inherent trust for, but I'd like to see the MS URL, help file, or piece of paper that says that.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff, since you want to see it in writing, check this path on your system at home, you should fing a copy of the EULA for the developers edition there:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\EULA\License_DEV_ENU.txt

Change as appropriate for your installation.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 6

Thanks Lynn. I know where the EULA's are... I was trying to spike some curiosity on the part of the OP.

The odd part is that the quirky update and Tally tables are illegal on SQL Server. Article 7 states...

7. SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights. [font="Arial Black"]You may not

* work around any technical limitations in the software;[/font]

😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 7

Thanks Lynn. I know where the EULA's are... I was trying to spike some curiosity on the part of the OP.

As a side bar, the odd part is that the quirky update and Tally tables are illegal on SQL Server. Article 7 states...

7. SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights. [font="Arial Black"]You may not

* work around any technical limitations in the software;[/font]

😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden (7/30/2009)
Thanks Lynn. I know where the EULA's are... I was trying to spike some curiosity on the part of the OP.
As a side bar, the odd part is that the quirky update and Tally tables are illegal on SQL Server. Article 7 states...
7. SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights. [font="Arial Black"]You may not
* work around any technical limitations in the software;[/font]
😛

Sorry, I misunderstood the meaning behind your post. It has been a very long and emotional week.

Interesting way to read Article 7. I'm sure there are some people out there that just may believe that it actually means just that. 😛

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 9

NP... when I wrote it, it seemed crystal clear to me. Looking back at it, it's not so clear.

You have had a bit of a tough go this week my friend. The bright side of that is... next week should be a cake walk. 🙂 Hang in there.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (7/31/2009)
NP... when I wrote it, it seemed crystal clear to me. Looking back at it, it's not so clear.
You have had a bit of a tough go this week my friend. The bright side of that is... next week should be a cake walk. 🙂 Hang in there.

Sort of wish I had been home earlier. Kassondra called and talked to my wife. She was crying, misses home. Looks like she will actually start Basic on Wednesday. She has been in Reception since Tuesday evening. I'm sure as she gets more involved in the routine she'll be fine, but it would have been nice to talk to her.

Oh, mother-in-law is home from the hospital and doing fine.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 11

You and I have both been through boot camp... remind Kassondra that it's going to get worse before it gets better because it's a big nasty test to separate the wheat from the chaff. If she expects it, it'll be easier.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 12

Jeff Moden (7/31/2009)
You and I have both been through boot camp... remind Kassondra that it's going to get worse before it gets better because it's a big nasty test to separate the wheat from the chaff. If she expects it, it'll be easier.

Call me crazy - but it got better once they got us busy. Sitting around waiting for training to start was the worse for me.

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