K
kurttrail
Does Microsoft's post-sale EULA make it illegal to install Windows XP on
more than one computer?
If you are talking about illegal under the law, then absolutely not.
Illegal - against the law: forbidden by law -
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html
There is no US law that forbids the installing of software on more than
one computer.
Illegal! LOL! At most it's just a simple contract dispute. And how
would MS be able to logically sue someone, to enforce the terms of the
EULA, if that someone pays with cash and never register with MS?
Remember, "Activation is completely anonymous." MS can't even prove
that someone even bought XP, let alone whether they breeched the EULA!
All I know is, if I were offering consumers a *real* license for my
copyrighted material, I'd find out who the hell they were before they
got a hold of a copy, so I could both logically & legally enforce my
license terms by pursuing legal action, if that ever became necessary.
MS's post-sale retail EULA's usage terms are nothing more than a
vapor-license. All words, and no substance. And Product Activation is
just some more smoke and mirrors to try to magically fool people into
thinking that the post-sale "vapor-license" is a real binding contract.
Vapor-contract-enforcement for a "vapor-license."
Can anyone say that "the Emperor has no clothes?"
--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
more than one computer?
If you are talking about illegal under the law, then absolutely not.
Illegal - against the law: forbidden by law -
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html
There is no US law that forbids the installing of software on more than
one computer.
Illegal! LOL! At most it's just a simple contract dispute. And how
would MS be able to logically sue someone, to enforce the terms of the
EULA, if that someone pays with cash and never register with MS?
Remember, "Activation is completely anonymous." MS can't even prove
that someone even bought XP, let alone whether they breeched the EULA!
All I know is, if I were offering consumers a *real* license for my
copyrighted material, I'd find out who the hell they were before they
got a hold of a copy, so I could both logically & legally enforce my
license terms by pursuing legal action, if that ever became necessary.
MS's post-sale retail EULA's usage terms are nothing more than a
vapor-license. All words, and no substance. And Product Activation is
just some more smoke and mirrors to try to magically fool people into
thinking that the post-sale "vapor-license" is a real binding contract.
Vapor-contract-enforcement for a "vapor-license."
Can anyone say that "the Emperor has no clothes?"
--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"