On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: > > If you buy a W*nd*ws install CD, you can create a derived work, > > e.g. an image > > of your installation, under the fair use rights (IANAL). Can you > > distribute > > that image freely? > > I would say that if not for the EULA, you could transfer ownership of > the > image to someone else.
The EULA is irrelevant in germany and in many parts of the USA. > And if you legally acquired two copies of Windows, > you could install both of them and transfer them. Otherwise, you could not > sell a machine with the Windows OS installed unless you were a Microsoft > OEM. Then it would be stupid to become a OEM. Just buy one CD and install it on each computer you sell, combined with a pre-installed ghost. > Does Microsoft take the position that if you want to sell your PC, you > must wipe the OS? Not that I know of. They say it's forbidden do pass even the boot loader you put on disks, they just won't sue you for just the boot loader. -- Funny quotes: 36. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. Friß, Spammer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
