Windows 10: Selling Microsoft licenses Windows 10 & Office 2019 Pro Plus without authorization?

I'd appreciate if someone can answer this at their fullest ability and knowledge. This applies to both Windows 10 and Office 2019 Pro Plus licensing. There was no forum that combined this together or relevant one. So forgive me if this isnt the right place.
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1 What are the penalties or consequences if an individual or group outside USA is found selling unofficial Microsoft Windows 10 or Office license/activation without any re-seller or service provider authorization? Please answer if you know or if you don't, please refer to a link?
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2 Who determines if an individual or group is illegally selling Microsoft product license? Is it Microsoft or the other country's where the individual or group is operating court?
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3 How does one become Microsoft's official service/product/solution provider and have official authorization to re-sell Microsoft license in their home country without any legal problem? what are the steps and how long does it take to obtain that right? Thus have their company/business name attached to official Microsoft Solution Provider webpage under specific product @https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/solution-providers/


Thanks, much appreciated.
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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

As reported yesterday, Microsoft changed the way how they license Windows 10 to their OEM partners. But buckle in folks, the changes just keep on coming. In what looks like an effort to push Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 owners to upgrade, Microsoft has officially announced that Office 2019 will only work on machines with Windows 10 and the next LTSC release of Windows Server. That's only the tip of the iceberg though. Unlike previous version of Office that came with 10 years of support, Office 2019's support lifecycle is shortened to five years of mainstream support and two years of extended support. Additionally, the client applications are only available with a Click-to-Run installer. However, Microsoft will continue to provide a MSI installer for the server applications.

 

Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

How is this news or surprising to anyone?

Especially when there are viable and arguably better open-source alternatives out there.. For those of us who don't use Microsoft Office, this isn't a problem.