386SX wrote on 2022-03-02, 16:41:
I always thought that existed or OEM builds licenses for a specific computer or Retail DVD boxed re-installable ones for the home user and I don't know about "system builders" licenses (?). I obviously am thinking about which are the possibilities for a genuine license for a home single config and of course in the correct way expected by the software user agreement that can be sold and bought as supposed to.
If you are building a system, you are a system builder. All it means is Microsoft is not going to provide the support and you are responsible. They state, "not intended for purchase or installation by consumers." Meaning, consumers aren't the target market. The same scary non-sense is written on every product Intel ever released. "Intended to be professionally installed," Uh, huh...
Finally, Microsoft does not care what kind of media is used (Consumer, MSDN, Corporate, OEI, OEM, etc.)... only that that license used is purchased and specific to you (not buying a license key used 7 times and is suspect) and used as it is intended (Meaning if you have a license for Windows 7 Professional, you install and use Windows 7 Professional - doesn't matter which media is used.) I have this from personal experience with Microsoft licensing in Corporate. If you obtained a license key for Windows 7 Enterprise in the consumer market, that will never be valid because you don't have an Enterprise Agreement (or whatever they are calling them these days...), and you would never be able to use their imaging and other Enterprise specific tools. And you couldn't use a Dell OEM license key because those are tied to specific pieces of hardware. But a (new) OEI license? You have nothing to fear and can sleep soundly at night knowing you are not breaking any ethics.