Re: Website selling XP Pro illegally?

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JAL wrote:
> http://www.agsolutionspc.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8&HS=1
>
> Website selling XP PRO illegally?
>
> http://www.agsolutionspc.com/index....D&ProdID=8&HS=1
>
> I ordered one of these XP PRO CDs. I did not realize it would say
> "Dell Reinstallation Disk, for use with a Dell Computer." This was
> about eight months ago, and I seem to recall a certificate of
> authenticity, although I can't find it (I'm pretty disorganized).
>
> Anyway today, about eight months later, is the first time I actually
> used it, and it worked fine even on my non-Dell computer. Yet some
> people say that it is illegal to install a Dell CD on a non-dell
> computer. If so, why hasn't someone reported this company after all
> these months? And if I have one of these illegal versions, why does
> it work on my non-Dell computer? (Most Dell CDs, even an old Win98 CD
> as I recall, halts you with a message stating, "This Cd can only be
> installed on a Dell computer."
>
> Another question I have is this. Apparently if you buy a Dell computer
> bundled with XP, and the computer dies, you are no longer licensed
> for XP, you are not suppoed to use the XP CD on another computer. Is
> the same true of XP Pro retail CDs, as well as of generic XP OEM CDs?

MS rules are not the law. What MS wants, and what is the legal are 2
separated and distinct things.

For the most part, if you are using the software for you private
non-commercial use, in other words for you own "fair use," MS, nor any
other copyright owner, possesses the exclusive right to limit your use
of the copyrighted material you buy.

If you are using the XP for commercial purposes, then MS does possess
the right to limit your use, and you should follow their rules. With
OEM WXP, both generic and supplied from OEMs like Dell, MS's rule is
that you cannot move it to an entirely different computer, but never
defines what an entirely different computer is, so you do have some
wiggle room there. Retail WXP may be moved to another computer if it
has been removed from the orginal computer.

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