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Re: [LUG] moveable VM

 

Hi Tom,

  What does the software's license say about that? ;o)

  TBH, as long as you're not using Windows, then technically, keeping the same VM is 
technically in keeping with the spirit of the license (namely you're not installing 
on >1 device), however, how does the software house know that you're not cloning the 
VM?

  I'd say that you're probably in a dodgy area there... (from a "legal" point of 
view - IANAL)

  The other point is on the practical side - does the software perform well in a VM? 
Hardware interfacing is / can be a nightmare... and there is that additional layer 
of complexity which can slow a VM down (unless it's a chroot style VM, but I'm 
guessing you're not in that place if you're changing MAC addresses...)

Cheers,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: list [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom
Sent: 08 July 2014 17:51
To: Devon/Cornwall GNU LUG
Subject: [LUG] moveable VM

Just (shock horror) about to buy (license for a year) some software that (for 
licensing needs) wants my machine name and mac address. I'm guessing I could 
probably move it around to different machines on a vm with the above settings?
Tom te tom te tom

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