It'sover the licensing terms for the retail version of Office 2013

Microsoft has amended the agreement with a transferability provision to permit users to maneuver the productivity suite to a different computer as much as once every 90 days. The change works well immediately so they cover visio 2010 professional , Office Home and Business 2013, Office Professional 2013, and every one of the standalone Office 2013 applications.

Under the previous terms, if you ever needed to reset your machine you could reinstall Office too, but if died or got stolen, or if you simply upgraded to a different machine you could not transfer the license despite uninstalling it in the old one. The only real exception was if a computer had died while under warranty.

Microsoft clarified these were the same licensing rights because the Product Key Card (PKC) form of Office 2010 -- the ones that come preloaded with new PC purchases and require users to purchase an item answer to activate. Obviously, the problem is with cheap office 2013 professional plus you no longer can choose between PKC or FPP (Full Package Product) and also the only retail version available have been demoted to OEM status.

As you may expect there is some discussion about buy software online with such ??tactics' to push its Office 365 subscription package, that allows installations on five machines plus select cellular devices for $99 aually.