On 29 Nov 2016 13:40, "Karlin High" <gne...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 11/28/2016 12:22 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > > I thought the Windows EULA protested against being subjected to a VM? > > Buy a Windows full-version retail license for the virtual machine and > you should be good to go. > > Windows 10 EULA (2)(d)(iv): > *Use in a virtualized environment.* This license allows you to install > only one instance of the software for use on one device, whether that > device is physical or virtual. If you want to use the software on more > than one virtual device, you must obtain a separate license for each > instance. > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/Retail/Windows/10/UseTerms_Retail_Windows_10_English.htm > > And here's VMWare's take: > https://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.fusion.help.doc%2FGUID-50FC0AF1-AA0A-486D-89AB-4FA4C1CAA56C.html > -- > Karlin High > Missouri, USA
Of course there's nothing unreasonable about this; after all it is commercial software, and most vendors wouldn't allow you unrestricted copies. Anyway, I think their licensing situation with regard to virtual machines was changed some time ago. After all, with the cloud-hosted architecture now the number of OS instances running "virtually" rather than on the bare metal might be approaching a very large fraction... C
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