Re: [seul-edu] Legal questions [was Re: They changed the site! ( was Re: [OS:N:] Donated PCs)

[tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

Hi:  I have bought a computer with M$95 on it.  I now reformat the hard drive 
and install Debian Potatoev2.4 on it.  I now reformat the drive and install 
M$98 on it.  Am I legally able to donate that computer to a school without 
the M$95 documentation?  

Give me a break!  . . . . .   Until they point to a specific law that states 
unequivocally that there is a legal requirement, etc., their statement is 
FALSE.  And, it is important that that action [web page] must be retracted, 
in the name of preserving the concept of Donated Computers.
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
http://renotahoe.pm.org/




On Friday 03 May 2002 08:21, Stephen C. Daukas wrote:
> At 11:03 AM 5/3/2002, you wrote:
> >Stephen C. Daukas wrote:
> >>In my humble opinion, I think it is time to talk to folks
> >>trained/practicing in this area of law (friends, family, etc.) before we
> >>make any representations about what is legal, what isn't, and what the
> >>"grey area" does or doesn't mean, before we go after Microsoft
> >> half-cocked. Steve
> >
> >Easy answer, we don't make any claims about what is legal.  We don't go
> >after Microsoft.  We simply state that Free/Open Source software is a
> >really nice way to utilize donated PC's and avoid problems with software
> >license fees.
>
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Fine, if you are talking about Open Source in general, but the point of
> this press release/response  that has been discussed here, so far at least,
> is to say that what Microsoft is doing is wrong, Microsoft's
> representations of the facts are wrong or misleading, and GNU/Linux is a
> way out.  If your are going to make that claim, especially in the name of
> 70+ organizations, you should understand what the implications are and you
> had better be right!