Re: [seul-edu] Legal questions [was Re: They changed the

[tompoe <tompoe@aether.raven.cxm>]

Hi:  Thank you for your input.

Tom Poe
Reno, NV
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On Fri, 3 May 2002, Ed Lawson wrote:

 > On Fri, 3 May 2002 10:00:17 -0700
 > tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net> wrote:
 >
 > >  Until they point to a specific law that states
 > > unequivocally that there is a legal requirement, etc., their 
statement is
 > > FALSE.
 >
 > Perhaps this type of logic get points in debate competition, but I 
doubt anywhere else.
 > The  issue is not whether there is a law somewhere "that states 
unequivocally". Don't even think laws tend to state anything 
unequivocally.  That is why people go to Law School. The issue is what 
is required by the MS EULA.  Read the EULA.  I believe it says the 
software can only be used on the machine with which it was purchased. 
  If the OS is upgraded, the original software license melts with the 
upgrade and you still only have one license and it must be used with 
the original machine.
 >
 > None of which means a person cannot donate a machine without an OS. 
  I will leave to others to impute motives in making statements which 
imply the MS EULA requires the original licensed OS to go with a 
donated machine.  The answer is yes it must if the machine is donated 
with the same or an upgrade version of the same MS OS on the machine 
when first purchased.  MS assumes, naturally, that the donated 
computer is an Intel box and has a MS OS on it.  Its statement makes 
sense when those assumptions are made and assuming people visiting the 
MS website are looking for information about Intel boxes with an MS OS 
is not irrational.
 >
 > What is irrational is the willingness of others to think the 
statments are ones of general application concerning donated computers 
and to repeat them as such.
 >
 > Ed Lawson
 > BTW, I am a lawyer and I have some familiarity with the copyright 
laws and software licensing
 >




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