On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 18:45, Jon Biddell wrote: > > The legal position is; If I buy a PC with Windows pre-installed (with > licence, cd, etc), I can give that PC away to whomever I choose WITHOUT > WINDOWS included. I cannot use THAT Windows licence on any other hardware. > So if you give a PC away, destroy the Windows licence / CD, and you are > legally in the clear.
I am not a lawyer, caveate emptor... As I understand it, the doze license is that magic little hologram. If you have possesion of that you own the license, if you do not then you don't own it and it is a pirate copy and you can be subject to persecution :-}. You can legally give away or sell this license because you have paid for it and it is your license to use the software, the cost may have been in your hardware but you still paid for it. M$ cannot stop you from doing this. The same as the manufacturer can stop you selling the video card out of the computer when you upgrade your video card to a new one. I understand some vendors offer a refund for the license if you use Linux exclusively. KenF PS: Just curious anyone got any doze licenses they are willing to sell. Off list. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
