On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Possum wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:02:07PM -0500, Ken Elliott wrote:
>> So you purchased _one_ copy and wanted to put it on 50 PCs? Of course
>> they can't allow that. And the chances of getting any large company's
>> legal department to allow special exemption is highly unlikely. Easier
>> to get the marketing department to donate disks, rather than get a
>> special exemption.
>>
>> So why did they send lawyers? Did you actually install the software on
>> multiple machines?
> Assuming each of the donated computers had its own Windows license, or the
> organization had a bulk license, you should be able to use _one_ OEM
> *disk* to install on multiple machines.
>
> I'm not sure if this is the case, but number of disks/copies has nothing
> to do with how many computers it can be installed on.
That sounds like a fine proposal to me (and I think I'm legally a
"reasonable person"), but I wouldn't be surprised if MS's squadron of
attack lawyers were sticklers for one-size-fits-none rules.
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