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Re:Microsoft is Dead by grauenwolf on Saturday April 07, 2007 @01:28AM (#9913)
Technically it isn't a legit copy of Windows. OEM versions are usually tied to the computer they are originally sold with.

Personally I don't think it is fair, but that's how licensing works under a monopoly.

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Re:Microsoft is Dead by BitGeek on Sunday April 08, 2007 @04:41AM (#10377)
Tied how? Certainly not legally. When you buy the computer you buy a license... no court would uphold charging people for something and not letting them have it.

The "shrinkwrapped" license agreements are not really enforcable... at least not in a legitimate (eg: competant) court.

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Re:Microsoft is Dead by fishcar22 on Monday July 23, 2007 @03:01AM (#36048)
Actually yes legally. You never buy the software. You are always buying the right to use the software under a set of circumstances. OEM Licenses are licenses sold under the basis of being tied to a single physical piece of hardware.
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