Microsoft SQL Runtime Licence
I would like to purchase an SQL runtime licence but do not know how this works?
The SQL Server Runtime licence is a licence that lets an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) embed the complete SQL server code into a solution for use only be the ISV application. The customers of the ISV cannot use this SQL Server product to run other applications or to develop new applications, databases or tables. This licence is supported on a 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
In order to obtain this licence you need to be a Microsoft partner and enroll on the Microsoft ISV licensing program. The ISV will place the order and receives one master copy of the product which is a regular CD of the product. They can use this master copy to make additional copies and the ISV can distribute these copies as part of a unified solution.
Unfortunately the distribution channel does not get involved in ISV licensing and you will need to contact Microsoft directly.