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We have also decided to install OOo on all Systems in our company. Next
year all will become OpenSuSE 11.1 as well. All Servers are already SLES 10.
May we sell the old XP and M$-Office 2003 licenses with original serials
and original license-stickers?
:-)
Al
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In one word, "Maybe". In lots of words:
If the license for Windows is an OEM license, it *cannot be moved* to
another computer. If you sell the computer, along with the license and
the software CDs, then the new owner can use Windows legally. If I were
you I would reinstall Windows with the original CD before selling the
machines; when Windows Setup asks whether you want to delete partitions,
delete *every* partition -- this guarantees that none of your data falls
into other hands.
A _full_ retail license *can* be moved from one machine to another
without a problem. An _update_ license inherits the mobility of the
original license.
How do you know? The little green Windows sticker will either have the
letters OEM somewhere (in the title of the sticker, or in the serial
number -- but not in the activation code), or the name of the
manufacturer or refurbisher will be on the sticker. If you bought the
computer with Windows already installed, it is probably an OEM license.
In the case of Windows XP or Vista, you cannot activate an OEM sticker
on a different computer.
I do not know how this applies to volume licenses (aka site licenses).
Call your Microsoft rep.
I don't know whether Microsoft Office uses the OEM concept. If so, it
will follow the same rules.
If you decide to discard rather than sell, please donate the computers
to your Community Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, who will repair the
hardware as needed, reinstall Windows XP Pro, and install, probably,
Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org and other free stuff. [If I did
not say that, this would be OffTopic; thousands of copies of OOo are
distributed this way.] The MAR will pass them on to 501(c)(3) orgs or
to the indigent for a nominal fee. MARs can cover some of their
expenses by selling unusable parts for scrap, so this is green. Browse
to www.techsoup.org and click on Find Services to locate your local
refurbishers. I don't know if this exists outside of the USA.
----HTH, Eli
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