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Windows Licensing (was RE: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation)
From: Stewart Smith <stewart () gammasolutions com>
Date: 18 Sep 2002 14:32:25 +1000
This thread (and my own mind) has gotten me thinking. I do not own a copy of windows (beyond NT4/98 on a machine that runs FreeBSD). If i sit down at a PC running Windows, what gives me the right to use the Windows software? Am I bound by the license agreement simply by using a Windows PC? Even though I didn't pay for it or install it (or open the package, or click the "I Agree" button). Are they a license for the PC or the user? i.e. is it illegal for me to sit down at a PC running Windows when I do not have a license to run Windows on that PC. just thinking, your thoughts anyone? -- Stewart Smith stewart () gammasolutions com Programmer / UNIX Sys Admin Gamma Solutions Pty Ltd Monash Corporate Centre, Unit 11, 20 Duerdin Street, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Phone: +61 3 9562 7755 Fax: +61 3 9562 7766 Mobile: +61 4 3884 4332
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- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Nick Jacobsen (Sep 16)
- RE: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Burton M. Strauss III (Sep 16)
- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Deus, Attonbitus (Sep 17)
- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation J Edgar Hoover (Sep 17)
- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Deus, Attonbitus (Sep 17)
- RE: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Burton M. Strauss III (Sep 17)
- Windows Licensing (was RE: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation) Stewart Smith (Sep 18)
- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation J Edgar Hoover (Sep 17)
- Re: Windows XP Service Pack1 problem with activation Nick Jacobsen (Sep 18)