Tech Soup gotcha?

[HCHTech]

I am building and donating to my church a one-off custom spec-ed audio-video computer. They already have a tech soup account that they have used for purchasing Quickbooks, O365, etc., so I figured I would save myself a few dollars on this project by getting Windows through tech soup.

Of course, nothing is ever simple. There are a few choices for "upgrade" versions, and only a single choice for the full version of Windows Pro. $11 - what's not to like? I add it to the cart and go to check out, where I am greeted with the following agreement:

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I understand that my organization may never place another request for Get Genuine full Windows operating systems after we have received the licenses we are requesting now.

I understand that Get Genuine products may not be returned or exchanged.

I agree, represent, and warrant that I am an authorized representative of my organization with the authority to bind my organization to this agreement and that I agree to the Get Genuine Windows Supplemental Agreement (PDF) on my organization's behalf. I understand that this is a donation from Microsoft to my organization.
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Wait, what? One organization can only order full OS licenses ONE TIME?? What nonsense is this? I'll admit, I've never tried to purchase OS licenses before, it's normally just Office & other software.

I don't think I want to be the one that uses up my church's one, single chance to get Windows at a discount, just to save $125. Yikes.

Am I missing something? Why is this so restrictive when other softwares available are not?

 

[Porthos]

Why is this so restrictive when other softwares available are not?

Do you really have to ask? A non-profit buying and selling on eBay.Look what happened to MSDN.

 

[Markverhyden]

Do you really have to ask? A non-profit buying and selling on eBay.Look what happened to MSDN.

I thought that was TechNet. Seem to remember that MSDN got rolled into MAPS and Visual Studio Subscription

Am I missing something? Why is this so restrictive when other softwares available are not?

Reading the Supplemental Agreement gave me the following conclusion. They want to have the non-profit to have one opportunity to get their existing fleet OS's up to snuff. After that they expect the non-profit to buy properly licensed machines from other sources. Not cobble together their own fleet from pieces and parts.

Which goes along with @Porthos' observation that there may have been significant abuse of license use like what happened in TechNet. And remember that TechSoup is a non-profit as well so it has to stay within guidelines. The conditions listed in non-profit criteriaincludes refurbishers and individuals, but no mention of OEM. So there must be a method of OEM's to purchase a discounted license for non-profits.