Re: Installation
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:18:56 +0200
Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> wrote:
> On 23/09/12 18:42, Celejar wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:57:35 +0300
> > Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Jo, 20 sep 12, 06:31:52, lee wrote:
> >>> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> If you have an OEM license, it can't be transferred to a different PC:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_for_hobbyists.aspx
> >>> Why not? I haven't signed any agreement with them.
> >> You agreed to the EULA on install or first boot, same thing.
> > Additionally, IIUC, Microsoft retains copyright, and only grants the
> > OEM and you various rights to use and distribute the software. You, the
> > end user, are granted by the OEM (in accordance with a right Microsoft
> > has granted *it*) the right to use the software, but not to resell it
> > (except as part of the sale of the entire computer). You therefore
> > simply have no right to resell it, and any customer of yours has
> > acquires no right to use it.
> >
>
> This point is now false in the european union, the UE court of justice
> ruled that a license may always be reselled.
Good to know, thanks; I was speaking of the US. Do you have a source / link for that?
Celejar
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