Re: Legality of OEM Win XP 1-2 CPU

From: Hermes (hermes_at_messenger.net)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 22:43:18 -0500

Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, Bruce Chambers typed:

> Greetings --
>
> "Tee" <crappolagozhere@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:2ia64oFl4lm8U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>> Fact is that most software companies don't try to limit people to
> this by
>> making them buy 3 separate cds or licenses if they have 3 computers
> in their
>> home.
>
> Based on this assertion, I can only conclude that you've very,
> very limited experience in purchasing software, and have _never_ read
> the license agreements accompanying those products you have purchased.
> Real life experience in the IT community proves quite the opposite, I
> assure you. There are very, very few successful commercial software
> manufacturers who do _not_ have restrictive licensing.

Ristrictive licensing, yes - One install per copy or CD and not allowed to
copy the CD for archival purposes, no.

>
>
>> That's not to say that I don't respect the EULA or
>> MS's right to try and place this restriction on people but I do
> think its
>> unfair.
>
> So which is it? Does Microsoft have the right to determine how it
> wants to market and license it's own product, or do they not?

They have yet to determine this in a court of law. Have they really
decided? That has yet to be seen. They never enforced it in the early
days, and their attempts now are weak at best.

 You
> cannot have it both ways. And you cannot very well respect the EULA
> if you're publicly advising people to go ahead and violate it, thereby
> breaking, until a court determines otherwise, both copyright law and
> contract law.
>
>> I still don't believe that, in a court of law MS v Jane Doe, that
>> MS would win because Jane Doe installed XP Home on two computers in
> her
>> house.
>
> Let us know when you get the courage to take Microsoft to court,
> especially as you claim to have a copyright attorney on your side,
> because their license and product activation violate your "rights."
> We're all waiting with bated breath.
>
>
> Bruce Chambers

PMSL! It is not OUR responsibility to challegne the M$ EULA in a court of
law, it is their responsibility to challenge someone who is fairly using
M$ software in their own home. 

-- 
hermes
DRM sux!  Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

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