Editing Microsoft Developer Network (section)

==Software subscriptions==
MSDN had historically offered a subscription package whereby developers had access and licenses to use nearly all Microsoft software that had ever been released to the public. Subscriptions were sold on an annual basis, and cost anywhere from US$1,000 to US$6,000 per year per subscription, as it was offered in several tiers.

Although in most cases the software itself functioned exactly like the full product, the MSDN end-user license agreement<ref name="eula"/> prohibited use of the software in a business production environment. This was a legal restriction, not a technical one. An exception was made<ref name="eula">{{cite web
|url=http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/MSDN%20Subscription_Premium%20Edition_English_36b85cb5-cdc0-43d8-90c1-fa168f15ee6d.pdf
|title=MSDN End User License Agreement |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2009-05-28}}</ref> for [[Microsoft Office]], allowing  personal use ''even for business purposes'' without a separate license—but only with the "MSDN Premium Subscription" and even so only "directly related to the design, development and test and/or documentation of software projects;" this ''does not terminate''<ref>i.e. "forever"</ref>