On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:10:23 -0500, David Phillips <electrum at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:33:32 -0500, Tom Penney <tpenney at gmail.com> wrote: > > It works, but it does break the licence agreement assuming that is a > > OEM version of XP Pro. > > What agreement? If you didn't sign a contract, then you have no > agreement with Microsoft. The OEM agreement is between the OEM and > Microsoft, not Microsoft and the end user. You are free to disregard > any agreements you are not party to and use the software within the > bounds of copyright law. IANAL. etc. etc. When you activate windows you have to click a box stating you agree to the end user agreement. according to microsofts bottomless legal resources this qualifies as a signature. If your machine came already activated either the manufacturer or the retailer is in violation of their reseller agreement. Whether it is legal to ignore the agreement or not, I would bet, if microsoft chose to come after you, you would be out more than a few hundred bucks all said and done. But I encourage anyone who I am not fiscally responsible for stand up and fight the man! -- Tom Penney _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list