Re: activation

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From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 00:51:04 -0500

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 05:04:15 +0100, "choro-nik" <choro-nik@tvcom.net>
wrote:

Windows can only be installed and activated on one machine according
to the MS EULA. You're thinking of MS Office - and then only the MS
boxed retail version is able to be installed and activated on more
than one machine.

The academic version of Office 2003 can be installed and activated on
three machines belonging to the same household. Rules for purchasing
and using the academic version apply.

>But isn't it legal to install a copy of windows on a second computer such as
>a laptop (assuming that the original CD including licence etc) was bought
>for one's home computer without one having to buy a second copy and a second
>licence of the same software?
>
>I thought the legal requirement was that the two computers would not be used
>at the same time. Surely if one is entitled to use anything be it software
>or something else one can use it anywhere. And if I chose to use it on my
>desktop now and tomorrow on my laptop, this would NOT constitute any illegal
>use.
>
>Also my understanding is that one is fully entitled to make a copy of the
>CD -- just in case anything should happen to the original -- as an insurance
>against mishaps. This does NOT constitute a breach of the agreement or of
>copyright. Of course, it would be different if one were then to sell the
>original and keep the copy. That WOULD be against copyright law.
>
>Any views on this matter?

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