| From: | Staf Verhaegen |
| Date: | 18 Sep 2000 at 11:16:45 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: OT: Microsoft licensing policy, was: Console Market, was: Sega |
Martin Baute wrote:
>
> Hello Petr
>
> On 18-Sep-00, you wrote:
>
> > Hmm, today our czech comp site zive.cz brought article about new MS
> > licencing policy. They seem to be just stupid. Now you receive CD with OS
> > and small brochure with your ID printed on top of it when buying from OEM.
> >
> > New policy is introducing another aproach. There will be no CD with
> > Windows, nor there will be the brochure. Your ID will be DEPENDANT upon
> > your hw components, so you will not be able to install it on another hw. I
> > don't believe it - noone could be so stupid .... What's more, the article
> > says it will be up to OEMs to prepare recovery CDs for cases something
> > goes wrong. Once you change your hw setup - you will have to ask for new
> > ID ...
>
> It�s old, but nevertheless true news.
>
> Last I heard was that German (and EC) court was chaecking if this
> is at all legal. Anyone with more recent news on this?
>
What's wrong ? This policy has been all the time in the UNIX world. You buy a
software license for a product on a certain hardware ID. If you want to run
the software on another machine you have to ask for another license.
If your OEM doesn't provide a recovery CD just buy from another vendor.
Staf.
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