On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:49:32 +1100 Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Alan L Tyree wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:19:12 +1100 > > Alan L Tyree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:48:45 +1100 > >>Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>>Peter Hardy wrote: > >>> > >>>>On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 11:48 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I need something able to run Windows XP Pro (that's the only > >>>>>current Windows licence I have). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>As an aside, I've been wondering about the legalities of this. > >>>> > >>>>My laptop dual-boots Windows XP and Linux. I'm planning on using > >>>>the same licence for the native XP install, and the virtual one > >>>>under Linux. Gut feeling tells me that should be perfectly OK. > >>>>Although I'm not sure if I'll have any sort of activation issues, > >>>>or MS lawyers knocking on my door. > >>> > >>>I think if you read the EULA very carefully that you will be in > >>>breach of the licence, and if you have activated it as native then > >>>you almost certainly won't be able to activate it again because the > >>>reported config will be different; but then IANAME (I am not a > >>>Microsoft expert) > >> > >>Neither am I. And I have not looked at the EULA for a long time, but > >>the last time I did it seemed to be tied to the machine rather than > >>to the way that it was invoked. I really hope that I don't need to > >>look at it for another very, very, very long time. > > > > > > 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. > > Is that the EULA that is with the product CDs or is it the current > EULA? The EULA that is in my licenced copy of W98. > > > > > Also interesting that the warranties (such as they are) are limited > > to 90 days in those jurisdictions which permit such limitation. Not > > exactly a roaring vote of confidence in the product, is it? > > None whatsoever as the warranty only covers the distribution media > itself not the software written to it after it has been installed. There are some really interesting questions about the application of statutory warranties under the Free Trading Acts and/or the Trade Practices Act. > > > > > > >>>-- > >>>Howard. > >>>LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > >>><http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that > >>>works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that > >>>works, just, choose Microsoft. -- > >>>Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > >>>states. > >>> > >>>-- > >>>SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > >>>Subscription info and FAQs: > >>>http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > >>Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 > >>Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 > >>-- > >>SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > >>Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that works, > just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, > choose Microsoft. -- > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian > states. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
