Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:

On Friday 17 December 2004 09:53, John Pettigrew wrote:

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In a previous message, Martin Cordova wrote:

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Hello, I am a little confused about Linux licensing model and commercial distros like SuSE. Is it legal to buy one set of CDs and then install them on multiple machines?

Absolutely. Indeed, you're actually encouraged to do so! But you only get support for one machine (which is fair enough).

Actually, I've received support for all my machines loaded with SuSE within the 90-day period. I think it was plain from my requests for help that I was asking for help on different installations.

You should consider yourself fortunate. They could have insisted on supporting only one copy. Now, try that with Windows and see what happens. ;-)

On Friday 17 December 2004 18:00, Steve Kratz wrote:

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You should consider yourself fortunate. They could have insisted on supporting only one copy. Now, try that with Windows and see what happens. ;-)

Here's one question I've always had - I have WinXP on one of my home machines... On it I have VMWare. Under VMWare, I made a "clone" drive of my main bootable system that I use to sandbox new software before I decide whether it's good or bad... I wonder how Microsoft looks at that :) The same copy of Windows, running a second time, on the same PC.

I'd bet they would say it's illegal as you didn't purchase the second copy for the 'second' computer. Or the 'second' computer didn't come with windows pre-installed. Boy, I can just hear the legal team now. It's the same computer.. No, it's a different computer. No, it's the same computer, but a different bios. No, it's a different computer and needs a second copy. Ok, but what brand of computer is it? ... Personally I think it's cool. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 9.2 Kernel 2.6.8 KDE 3.3.0 Kmail 1.7.1 For Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 6:20pm up 2 days 0:35, 4 users, load average: 2.15, 2.98, 3.17

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:34:24 -0500, James Knott wrote:

Steve Kratz wrote:

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You should consider yourself fortunate. They could have insisted on supporting only one copy. Now, try that with Windows and see what happens. ;-)

Here's one question I've always had - I have WinXP on one of my home machines... On it I have VMWare. Under VMWare, I made a "clone" drive of my main bootable system that I use to sandbox new software before I decide whether it's good or bad... I wonder how Microsoft looks at that :) The same copy of Windows, running a second time, on the same PC.

Better keep that quiet. You don't want "Godfather" Gates offering you a deal you can't refuse. ;-)

If my memory serves me well, M$ have started some campaign to legalize for free a pirated copies of XP, so it may help Steve not to go to jail :) Sunny -- Get Firefox http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=10745&t=85

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On Friday 17 Dec 2004 17:34, James Knott wrote:

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Steve Kratz wrote:

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You should consider yourself fortunate. They could have insisted on supporting only one copy. Now, try that with Windows and see what happens. ;-)

Here's one question I've always had - I have WinXP on one of my home machines... On it I have VMWare. Under VMWare, I made a "clone" drive of my main bootable system that I use to sandbox new software before I decide whether it's good or bad... I wonder how Microsoft looks at that :) The same copy of Windows, running a second time, on the same PC.

Better keep that quiet. You don't want "Godfather" Gates offering you a deal you can't refuse. ;-)

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Hans Neukomm wrote:

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 11:00 -0600, Steve Kratz wrote:

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You should consider yourself fortunate. They could have insisted on supporting only one copy. Now, try that with Windows and see what happens. ;-)

Here's one question I've always had - I have WinXP on one of my home machines... On it I have VMWare. Under VMWare, I made a "clone" drive of my main bootable system that I use to sandbox new software before I decide whether it's good or bad... I wonder how Microsoft looks at that :) The same copy of Windows, running a second time, on the same PC.

an XP license typically is good for use on a single PC .. isn't it ? one user, one PC ... i see no problem at all

But then, you're not Bill Gates. ;-)

Vince Littler wrote:

On Friday 17 December 2004 5:38 pm, Hans Neukomm wrote:

an XP license typically is good for use on a single PC .. isn't it ?<BR> one user, one PC ... i see no problem at all<BR> <BR> hans

Yes, I know there is a text part. Can you drop the HTML Hans? please?

i am quiet sure i have seen is somehow like that in a license for XP but i work in Linux and would have to stop working and search XP to find such text but may be its on the booklets that come along with the pre-installed OEM version and the license text included ... i prefer happy working and avoid such problems hans

Ken Schneider wrote:

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 12:56, Vince Littler wrote:

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On Friday 17 December 2004 5:38 pm, Hans Neukomm wrote: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML>

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Yes, I know there is a text part. Can you drop the HTML Hans? please?

I'll second that, please DO NOT use HTML on this list.

I wonder if the list can be configured, to reject html?

Well, Technically. Microsoft will throw a grenade at you and tell you to buy the (2nd Full Version) copy! Your copy of Microsoft is only good for 1 pc and 1 pc only. Anytime you have to reenter your key code twice. They will tell you that you are breaking the law and are subject to selling your soul to them. :)

The real thing I'm waiting for is for the one online game I play to be free of the Microsoft "Zone" logon system, and hopefully WineX will be able to run the game... Then I'm 100% free of MS!