On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:34:03PM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > OK, against my better judgment I just had a look at the Windows 98 > EULA. The licence is to install it on one computer, but there are no > stated restrictions on how that installation might be done. So, my > quick opinion (with no warranties at all - see below :-)) is that it > can be installed under qemu provided that the software came with, or > was purchased for, the machine in question.
I suspect your interpretation may be at odds with that of Microsoft -- otherwise you could run a dozen qemu- or vmware-encased images simultaneously on the same (very, very chunky) computer legally, which I doubt is their intention. On the other hand, you may have two copies, but you've only capable of using one at once (absent any crazy attempts to run XP-in-qemu-in-XP or similar), so I really can't see anyone getting amazingly upset about it. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
