Sysinternals Licensing FAQPublished: February 7, 2008 Q: How many copies of Sysinternals utilities may I freely load or use on computers owned by my company?A: There is no limit to the number of times you may install and use the software on your devices or those you support. Q: May I distribute Sysinternals utilities in my software, on my website, or with my magazine?A: No. We are not offering any distribution licenses, even if the 3rd party is distributing them for free. We encourage people to download the utilities from our download center where they can be assured to get the most recent version of the utility. Q: Can I license or re-use any Sysinternals source code?A: No. We will no longer offer the Sysinternals source code for download or license. Q: Will the Sysinternals tools continue to be freely available?A: Microsoft currently plans to keep the tools freely available, initially through the existing Sysinternals.com site. In the near future we will be migrating the tools to be hosted through Microsoft Downloads. Q: Will Microsoft migrate and host all the Sysinternals tools?A: No. A small number of tools were identified for removal before the acquisition. We worked very closely with Mark Russinovich to determine which tools to migrate. That said, a majority of the tools will be migrated which include the latest and most popular tools. In addition, we will be open to resurrecting old tools based on community requests. Q: Will Microsoft change the support model for the Sysinternals tools?A: No. All Sysinternals tools will remain 'as is' with no support. In addition, Microsoft will migrate and continue to support the Sysinternals dedicated forum community based support. Q: Will Microsoft change the licensing agreement for the Sysinternals tools and their use?A: Yes, but we've made the license terms more liberal. Companies can now install and use the software throughout their organization, as opposed to a single user limitation. |