Re: Licensing for Expats in Europe
- From: Wez <Wez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:24:01 -0700
I guessed that might be the case. Is there any kind of work around that can
legally be used or is it just tough luck for the customer, their forced to
buy the full priced retail version?
Whilst this could have been a lucrative angle for me the costing for the
retail version will put my new business in a negative light. Customers would
feel that they've been using copied software up to now and now this pc repair
man is trying to rip them off for an extra 120€ for XP on top of the repair!
I wonder if theres a cheaper option available to me to make them 100% legal?
"Bruce Chambers" wrote:
Wez wrote:.
Scenario: An Englishman leaves the UK to take up residence in Spain but
cannot speak the language. Buying a new pc from the local store he now has
Windows XP OEM or Retail in Spanish.
I 'm planning to start a pc repair service in the near future and this
scenario will be common. I know I will be visiting machines that have a copy
or corporate version installed by a 'friend of a friend', along with the
people that have been forced to buy an English version. If I were to buy an
English version of their original OS and install it, would the Spanish
Product Key work .....
No. Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of
CD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are
purchased. For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any
retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice
versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD,
and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail
product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an English CD.
Bottom line: Product Keys and CD types cannot be mixed & matched.
and would that be legal seeing as the Spanish version will
never be used.
Ask a Spanish lawyer. In countries that honor the intellectual
property laws of other countries, it probably wouldn't be legal (Your
"client" will own a Spanish license, but this wouldn't normally allow
him/her to use another license.), but in the EU, all bets are off.
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