On 4 Dec 2012 10:10:42 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >W dniu 2012-12-04 18:58, zMan pisze: >> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, R.S. <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> AFAIK there is no code which could prevent me from moving the software >>> from desktop PC A to new shining desktop PC B (assuming no core/MUS/MIPS >>> licenses). >>> EULA cannot limit customer rights here. >> >> >> Confused: by "code", did you mean legal or software? I assume that >> Microsoft is now doing the "hardware hash" kind of thing it does for >> Windows licenses, and so once you've activated an Office using a given >> hash, you'll be allowed to re-activate ONLY using the same (or similar >> enough) hash. > >I meant "legal code". My English is poor, especially in non-IT areas.
In general, your written English seems as least as good as mine (unfortunately maybe better since my only language is United States English - no snide comments from the Commonwealth please). Clark Morris > >> If you meant "legal code", then are you saying that Polish law requires >> portability? If so, would that we had such consumer-protective laws here! > >No, however IMHO every law says "what's not forbidden, it's allowed". >And there is no such limitation in the law. EULA cannot narrow customers >rigths. Would it be posible to demand from customer to wear a tie + red >shoes when using the software ? <g> > > > >-- >Radoslaw Skorupka >Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
