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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm a member of the Torbay & South Devon Freecycle list and I noticed > recently there has been a request from someone for a Windows XP Disc & > license key. Now I have the feeling that they have not much chance of > getting XP unless someone is willing to give away a retail boxed copy > (these are the only ones where the licence is transferable to another > machine). Except in Germany where there is a court ruling to the effect that a Windows licence is a Windows licence. The claimed restrictions attached to a "non retail" version having no legal basis. Also that the German equivalent of the "first-sale doctrine" applies to software. Or at least software otherwise treated as a "widget". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKAdNlsoRLMhsZpFcRAh1cAJ9OjYBHTPcCCpRnIsqCkDLUfvCLTwCeNmm4 47Ljb2XgTPsdkhBrgbY7nhI= =6Ce/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html