[Gllug] m$ and donated PC's

[Sean Burlington]

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It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a
machine for the life of the machine. If a company or individual donates a
machine to your school, it must be donated with the operating system that was
installed on the PC.


On Wednesday 01 May 2002 10:29 am, E. R. Vaughan wrote:
> I would like to see this stand up in court. Microsoft may be able to
> license what they do with their software, such as limit it to one PC but
> they are not selling you your PC, which is what the OEM would be doing, and
> which is a physical object. I don't think washing machine manufacturers can
> tell you that you must use a particular kind of powder. And Windows doesn't
> come into the picture if you are using Linux to format and reinstall, all
> you are using that you bought from the OEM is the physical components. And
> although IANAL I don't think you can have such licenses for hardware.
>

Its not meant to stand up in court ...

just to scare off schools who can't afford lawyers fees.

and make it more difficult for people like us to persuade schools to use old 
computers running Linux.

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Sean
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