Re: [Sheflug] Linux in Schools

["Ian W. Wright" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The big question in all this is what constitutes a PC...
If you have a machine which you bought with an OEM license for windoze and,
over a period of years, systematically upgrade it by replacing motherboard,
video board etc. etc. and, at some point also replace the hard drive -
copying the old files across with Drivecopy or some such - you no longer
have the original machine and yet the OEM copy of windoze is still intact
and working.......
How would this differ from simply installing the windoze software for a
second time on another machine??

Best wishes,
Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Andrews" <xxxxx [at] fishbot.org.uk>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Linux in Schools


> On Friday 26 April 2002 10:09, you exclaimed:
> > I tend not to follow all the legal wranglings that M$ get involved with
so
> > forgive me if the answer to this question is well known, but has this
> > aspect of their licence ever been challenged by the US government in
their
> > anti-trust cases? It would seem to be a perfect candidate.
>
> I don't believe so. However, it is not as clear as it may seem. The OEM
> license costs significantly less than the retail license, and the extra
> condition related to that particular price drop is the tied license with
the
> hardware. I am not 100% sure what happens if the equipment breaks outside
of
> warranty, tho'. I suppose you are supposed to keep it in case the men in
> black come and investigate ;-)
>
> I would think if it mentioned at all, it will be in amongst the various
> complaints about the unreadability of the MS license, to the extent that
you
> cannot be entirely sure what you are agreeing to. This has been
investigated,
> AFAIK, and has not resulted in MS' favour.
>
> Craig
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