> > I wonder if they get any leeway on licensing for the PR? > For production? No. Development machines? They used to. Development licensing for SQL Server (a

> > I wonder if they get any leeway on licensing for the PR? > For production? No. Development machines? They used to. Development licensing for SQL Server (and most of MS's products) is done through the MSDN program, and it's dirt cheap, and doesn't require any leeway. Anybody can buy MSDN licensing. For production, everything is negotiable. It's not unusual to get special SQL Server licensing deals when you buy in bulk. (That's me walking the line between what I can say publicly, and what I can't.)