Hehehe, I gotta wonder exactly how much Microsoft actually gained from this (since even the generally pro-MS press came down hard on MS for this one). BTW, I read somewhere the other day that fair use laws at least seem to indicate that it's perfectly legal to install copyrighted works on multiple PC's in a household... anyone else here this?
Generally, the legal position has always been thus; Examine the EULA for (probably) any M$ product, and you will see words to the effect that the software can only be EXECUTED on one CPU at a time (let's not go near dual-CPU workstations for the moment). Therefore, according to the law, I can install (for example) Office 2000 on 5 machines, as long as only ONE of them is running it AT ANY ONE TIME. This is LEGAL. Multiple installation/single execution is largely the norm in business (.e. I have Office 2K at home and at work - the work machine is running it when the home machine isn't). Jon --------------------------------------------------------------- WTC > /dev/null; chmod +x /usr/bin/laden; rm -rf /usr/bin/laden