On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:38:59 -0500 "Damon L. Chesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AFAIK (<<--see the disclaimer?) in the USA, you are allowed to make > personal copies of media you own for your own use (not to install on > multiple machines). This has been upheld time and time again in the > courts. You can make all the copies of that other OS you want. This is > not illegal. You may not install that OS on more then one machine at a > time. And if you sell/give it away (also legal despite EULA saying the > opposite) you may never use the existing copies you made, nor may you > give those copies to another. This is called "Fair Use". Please > correct me if I am wrong. > > Many licenses you "agree" to tell you you can not do these things > (notably, Windows used to state you could not sell the copy you had, if > you dumped your box, you could not include the OS) however, the courts > have ruled this is right and fair for a user to do. Now, if you want to I was not aware that the courts have invalidated those portions of EULAs. Can you provide a source or link? > Damon L. Chesser Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]