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On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 23:40 -0400, C Lee Davis wrote: |
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> Daevid Vincent wrote: |
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> > Why does everyone always assume people are pirates or in search of |
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> > warez. I don't see why someone couldn't put up a copy of XP or Vista or |
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> > whatever that is unactivated, yet all installed and ready to go |
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> > (everything but the CPU is emulated in VMWare, so it could be possible, |
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> > and even the XP CPU is a generic x86 compatible, not like it's optimized |
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> > AFAIK). Then one could just plop in their key to activate it for reals |
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> > to get "WGA certifed". |
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> > |
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> Because, as far as I can tell (and IANAL), that would be illegal. I don't have |
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> a license to distribute Windows XP. |
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hm, don't know about the distribution side, but you can sure install any |
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version of Vista you like, from the one Vista DVD without a license / |
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activation. Only the one you have a license for can run for more than |
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30 days (or some number) though. |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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-- Jeff Cooper |
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