On 12/11/2017 11:38 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: > The catch is licensing. The Windows license that came with your > computer doesn't cover running it in a virtual machine. You'll have to > buy a full retail license to do that legally.
Sorry to come to this thread late, but I don't think this is true anymore (it was definitely true pre-Windows7). Starting with win7, they changed the OEM license rules: Licensing Windows desktop operating system for use with virtual machines http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/D/98D6A56C-4D79-40F4-8462-DA3ECBA2DC2C/Licensing_Windows_Desktop_OS_for_Virtual_Machines.pdf > For Windows desktop operating system software licenses acquired > through the OEM channel, the Windows use rights are outlined in the > Software License Terms that accompany the software. These license > terms provide use rights to run Windows locally on the licensed > device in a virtual operating system environment (OSE). So as long as you're running the windows VM on the hardware that the OEM Windows copy was originally shipped with, you're legal. I've confirmed this works with at least the Dell OEM Win7 from a few years ago. Thanks, Matt _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss