On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:37:42 +0100 Giles Coochey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28/03/2012 22:24, richard wrote: > > > > I realise this thread is overdue being killed, but as its gone OT. > > If I have a licence for win 7 on a dual boot computer, does that > > licence cover the use of win 7 run in a VM booted in to linux. > > Still the same machine ?? > > Thanks > > > > > > > > *Licensing the Windows Desktop Operating System* > > __ > > For Windows operating system software licensed through retail (FPP) > or preinstalled on a PC (OEM), Windows use rights are outlined in the > Software License Terms that accompany the software. These license > terms provide use rights to run Windows *locally* on the licensed > device in a virtual operating system environment (OSE); however they > do not provide use rights for accessing Windows running *remotely* in > a virtual OSE from the licensed device, and are limited in other ways > when compared to virtualization use rights provided with Windows > Software Assurance, Windows Intune, and Windows VDA licenses acquired > through Microsoft Volume Licensing. For example, neither FPP nor OEM > licenses permit remote access to a Windows virtual machine (VM) > running in a datacenter. For this, a license obtained through > Microsoft Volume Licensing is required. > > > Thanks, I think that says yes if on the same machine. That does not qualify for an award for plain English -- -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Fedora FC16 x86_64 on a Dell Insiron N5030 laptop Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
