Re: windows xp, home edition on 2 computers

From: kurttrail (dontemailme_at_anywhereintheknownuniverse.org)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:48:14 -0500

Bruce Chambers wrote:

> Greetings --
>
> Why do you always omit the facts that the OP would have to lie to
> do this,

"The only information required to activate is an installation ID (and, for
Office XP and Office XP family products such as Visio 2002, the name of the
country in which the product is being installed)." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp#details

Why would someone have to lie about their "installation ID?"

> and that the OP did _not_ purchase the software,

You're right about that, as the OP purchased a copy of software, and there
is still such a thing as "fair use." And until MS proves under the due
process of law that their "shrink-wrap license" can rewrite my right to
"fair use" in the privacy of my own home, MS can go blow me!

> he only purchased a license to use it?

You do not purchase a "shrink-wrap license," like MS's FUD-ULA. A TV comes
with a post-purchase "shrink-wrap license," aren't you purchasing the TV
when you pay for it at the cash register? It's as plain as that. 

-- 
Peace!
Kurt
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