Re: transferring ownership of windows xp home upgrade license

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:16:34 +1000

Listen you lying, thieving piece of festering dog sh1t. Will you f*ck off and stop spreading lies and wasting others time while you masterbate.

If the enclosed Software Unit consists of a desktop operating system, Microsoft grants to you a

nonexclusive right to distribute each Software Unit, provided it is distributed accompanied with either a fully

assembled computer system or nonperipheral computer hardware component (that will be an integral part of

the computer system on which the Software Unit will be installed). A fully assembled computer system shall

consist of at least a central processing unit, a motherboard, a hard drive, a power supply, and a case.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/downloads/X0933534LBL.pdf

Now shove that up your arse pedophile. 

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"Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message news:2oruo9Fdkk31U1@uni-berlin.de...
> 
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote
> 
> > RE: "How does a CD become "married" to hardware? Being as OEM versions
> > no longer require buying hardware with it, your point seems to be moot."
> >
> > First, LEGALLY, an OEM version cannot be sold without hardware (this is
> > in the reseller's license agreement, not the end-user license agreement).
> 
> I called MS three times and three times I was told by three different people
> that OEMs are no longer tied to hardware and that that policy was abandoned
> about four months ago. I know that ALL the computer stores in the city I
> live in in Spain sell OEMs without hardware. In fact, they don't sell retail
> versions at all and they are not wholesalers. We are talking about chain
> stores that sell thousands of computer products all over Spain. Here are
> some web sites where they sell them. You need to understand Spanish but XP
> OEM should be easy for you to find under "software":
> 
> http://www.pcbox.es/entrada.asp
> 
> http://www.appinformatica.com/default.php
> 
> http://www.dr-pc.net/
> 
> Now, how do you think that these large retailers can sell OEMs without
> hardware and MS doesn't do squat?
> 
> Alias
> >
> > There is no argument that it is done anyway, and also that, in an
> > attempt to comply with the letter but not the spirit of the reseller's
> > agreements, it's sometimes sold with a trivial piece of hardware (an IDE
> > cable, or a DEAD hard drive).  The SPIRIT of the reseller agreement is
> > that it's supposed to be a major piece of hardware, such as a [working!]
> > hard drive, motherboard or CPU.
> >
> > As to the "marriage", there is real uncertainty about what, separate
> > from the legalities, Microsoft actually does.  But product activation
> > that never resets, or refusing to give out new keys if an old or missing
> > one won't activate, effectively accomplishes that.
> >
> > It's unlclear, also, what constitutes "the computer" (to which a given
> > OEM copy of XP is married).  I'd say that Microsoft's intent is the
> > motherboard.  But in a physical sense, the product key and COA is a
> > permanent sticker that goes on the case, so one could argue that it's
> > the "*** metal" that the software is "married to".
> >
> > I don't think that anyone can argue that there are legal and practical
> > "fringes" to Microsoft's OEM license policies which are murky and which
> > leave room for interpretation.  Some of these are encountered
> > legitimately, while others reflect a clear intent to comply with the
> > letter, but not the spirit, of what was intended.  And sometimes even
> > the letter of the agreement is ignored.
> >
> > But it's clear that Microsoft's intent is that retail copies are
> > licensed for use on "one computer at a time" (meaning that they can,
> > however, be transferred), while OEM copies are licensed for use on only
> > one computer, period, forever (e.g. not be be transferred).
> >
> >
> 
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