RE: Linux For Windows

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

The MS EULA states that Windows can only be run on the machine it was 
supplied with/purchased for. There is no mention whatsoever of location.

Can you show me a piece of legislation stating that I can't take my fully 
legal copy of Win98 on my laptop into commercial premises ?

Site licensing does not apply to individually licensed machines. I know - I 
deal with about 500 site-licensed pcs day-to-day basis. In site licensing 
many large MS shops use SMS to log the number of licenses in use & pay the 
required fees based on the number it coughs out.

What you are alleging would simply make hot desking illegal.


On Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:30 PM, Richard [SMTP:richard [at] sheflug.co.uk] 
wrote:
> Matt
>
> Matthew John Palmer wrote:
>
> > I am still a little.  Why anyone would want to use Lin4Win when there 
are
> > real distros out there is quite beyond me...
>
> :-)
>
>
> > Yer wot?  If the machine is legally licenced to an individual, surely 
they
> > are allowed to operate it on any premises they choose - even if it is
> > commercial premises owned by another Microsoft licence holder?  If not, 
how
> > does it work when a technician or someone goes to a customer running 
Windows
> > with a laptop running windows - are they breaking the licence agreement
> > then?
>
> Under other legal systems than our own this may be true.  But,
> speaking strictly in legal terms which are relevant to our own island
> we *are not* allowed to take even a laptop onto someone elses premises
> without it being licenced first.  That's if it's got Microsoft
> software on it.  Being the person who gets things together for us I
> have to be on the lookout for this kind of legal stuff.  Yes, I know,
> it is a bit pedantic but if I don't do it then there won't be any
> meetings and I may be liable to a visit from a local Police officer at
> my home address.
>
> > Seems even cruftier than Microsoft's usual dealings...
>
> They did it not us :-)
>
> > I say we get in there and Debianise it... or SuSEify it, if you must...
> > <huge grin>
>
>
> exactly :-)
>


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