I agree, their licences would be fine for home usage but not more.As pointed out already most of these keys are from MSDN subscriptions. For a home lab you'll probably never have an issue with them, however to anyone thinking about using these for business you'll be violating the terms and will most definitely have compliance issues if you ever get audited. If you have a boss or customer that really thinks they're getting ahead by purchasing grey market licenses make sure you explain their exposure to them in writing for CYA purposes.
It's not completely the same.These keys, when being used in a way that violates the EULA, are effectively the same as using a pirated copy.
I would not recommend to pay for a pirated copy -- if you go pirated, use those free of charge methods and don't feed those sellers.
I'm not supposed to talk about piracy, but,It's not completely the same.
Theses keys are saw legit from microsoft stores, that allow to have updates (that is cool for Microsoft Office) without using cracks.
The EULA is not really checked (or maybe partially) by microsoft programs but i think the EULA is completely checked when a company is audited. For a personnal use, i don't think that you will have any issue to use them.
I prefer to pay 3€ and having a key, a stock windows and did'nt use any crack (that may be suspicious) .
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I thought OEM keys were predicated on having a matching BIOS signature and cert.I think they're OEM pulls, where a company buys a bunch of machines with, say, Windows 10 Home pre-installed. They have a volume license, though, so they don't need the keys, and they end up getting resold.
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