Re: [Sheflug] Linux in Schools

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 26 April 2002 09:19, you exclaimed:
> Sounds sensible to me, after all, a PC is just a lump of hardware, you can
> run whatever operating system you like on it. I'm sure no government would
> subscribe to a law which says that if you buy a PC, you must also buy a
> Windoze licence, even if you intend to use a different OS.

This is the power of the written word :) Although it sounded like this is 
what MS was saying, it actually wasn't. This context of the document is the 
transfer of a machine which has already been purchased with an OEM Windows 
license.

The basic gist is that you don't have to _buy_ a PC with Windoze. They 
couldn't enforce that. They make it sounds like they can, but they can't. 
However, if you buy a PC which also happens to have an OEM Windows license, 
you are not allowed to transfer that license to another individual without 
also transferring the hardware. Neither are you allowed to transfer the 
hardware without the license.

So, although you  don't have to buy a machine with Windows, if you do you 
aren't allowed to seperate the two.

Craig
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