On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:27:18 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:13:04 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Depends on where you download it from.  If you download it from MSDN,
>>>> it's perfectly legal.
>>> If you can download it from MSDN, you've already agreed to the license
>>> when you signed up for MSDN.
>> 
>> Actually, I don't believe I did, because I was signed up by my
>> employer.
> 
> The employer signed it on your behalf. They get to bind you to
> contracts, you know. :-) Technically, *you* aren't downloading it, the
> company is. You're just downloading it on behalf of the company.

Yep, that I know.

>>> It really is pretty simple. :-)
>> 
>> Well, yes, but the statement was that it's not legal to download the
>> file.  I was just pointing out that there are circumstances where it
>> is. ;-)
> 
> Sure. I thought you meant from a warez site or something. 

Nah, what would the point be, since I can download it from MS myself?

> Obviously, if
> you (the company) has already agreed to and paid for the MSDN license,
> that's a different story than just randomly downloading the file.

True, but I was taking the statement "you can't legally download it" at 
face value.

Jim

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