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Donating Software?
nuxx asks: "I have a copy of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition here, with 25 Client Access Licenses which I don't need. I don't want to throw it away, but because it's a Not For Resale copy, I can't list it on eBay. So, I'd like to give it to a charity. It's a completely new, unused, legal copy which was handed to me by a Microsoft rep a few weeks ago, so this should be legal to do. The problem is, I'm not really sure how to donate software to a charity. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do you know of any resources available regarding how to send such donations and which organizations find them useful?"
yep throw it away!
Do you really want to inflict a Windows server on a charity? do you really dislike charities?
Maybe you could burn them a nice copy of Debian Linux that they could use on a server insteaad, it would run for longer.
If you really don't want to waste the disk then use it as a coaster!
If someone needs NOS, then donate your services to install any flavour of Linux that is out there. Much more secure and stable than any version of Winblow$.
If you don't like Linux, there is also *BSD to consider. Whichever way you choose is fine, as long as you stay away from Micro$haft Winblow$.