RE: Windows XP Copyright Issues

From: Tom (tom_at_centralca.dontspamme.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:08:03 -0700

Yeah, that's so practical Mr Rajesh. Ever hear of fair
use?

I'm no lawyer, but it's my understanding that if you've
paid for the appropricate licenses, that you are entitled
to transfer Windows to whatever media you need to in
order to install it. However, it needs to be made clear
that YOU (the university) owns those CD's, and not the
technicians.
 
Mr. Rajesh obviously doesn't know about all the tools
that Microsoft itself provides to efficiently copy
Windows for installation purposes. the OEM packages of
Windows include all kinds of tools to install customized
copies of Windows XP. Certainly every company with more
than a few computers on-site does exactly what you talk
about. Heck, I frequently sell paper licenses for XP and
Windows 2000 that have nothing but a CD key on them.

What I would do is use these tools avaialbe to create a
customized install that shows the university's
imformation in the Windows installation. Again, your
technicians should all understand that this CD is for the
school computers, and not for them to take home and
install on personal PC's or on student computers. At one
school I worked at, the school's install/diagnostic media
never left the office unless the tech was actually using
them.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>The folder i386 is a part of Windows and the copyright
issue that applies
>to the operating system applies to the folder as well.
>
>You may not distribute any part of the cd in whole or
part. Do not attempt
>to copy this folder to another cd with the tools as this
is clearly a
>violation.
>
>Regards
>M. Rajesh
>..Net and Windows Shell MVP
>www.winxpsolution.com
>
>"Adam Breik" wrote:
>
>> I can't figure out where to post this. I am an IT
>> Professional working with a non-profit university. We
>> often troubleshoot student, staff, faculty, etc.
computers
>> running Windows XP. I am developing a CD for my
>> technicians to use full of useful tools (anti-virus,
>> spyware removal, drivers, etc.) and I wanted to
include on
>> the CD the i686 folder off of a Windows XP CD which our
>> Department owns a site license for along with the boot
>> partition of the CD. This way the CD could be used to
run
>> recovery consol should we need to repair an XP
>> installation. While this CD would not leave the
office and
>> would never be used for a fresh install of XP, I was
unsure
>> of the Copyright issues involved with distributing
several
>> copies (like 30 ish) to all my techs.
>>
>.
>

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