Hi, Check out http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/25085.html
Microsoft do seem to chop & change as to some of the more ridiculous extensions of what their EULA actually says. Some of us are just happier to sidestep the issue altogether. My employer's policy is to permanently remove all software or physically remove & destroy the hard disk drive before a system is passed to any third party, even if it's being removed directly to a landfill. Regards Brian Beesley On Friday 14 June 2002 05:09, Brian Dessent wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: > > I'd like to know the source of this story.... Sounds like urban folklore > > to me... The OEM Windows license is bundled with and tied to the hardware > > and automatically transfers with it. Now, if these recycling projects > > were taking bulk OEM CD's purchased off the grey market, and bundling > > them with recycled hardware without having a redistribution agreement, > > thats another story entirely. Ditto, if the EULA for the original > > system was lost and not kept with it when the system was recycled... > > I think the problem stems from the fact that most donated PCs with MS > OSes do not arrive with the full documentation of the original OS > license. Organizations who accept and use these PCs without all the > proper paperwork could technically be found in violation by MS or its > BSA goons. Hence they are hesitant to accept any donations without all > the paperwork. Since the OS is tied to the machine, the donating > company cannot reuse the OS license if they donate the machine. This > further complicates things since the donating company must prove that > they have transferred all the licensing paperwork, unless they wipe the > drives of every machine. If the donating party does not buy new > licenses for the machines that replace the donated ones, or they fail to > transfer/destroy all of the bits relating to the donated machines, then > they are in violation as well. > > By making it hard on both the donating and receiving parties, MS ends up > selling new licenses to everyone, which is probably a contributing > factor to why they're stinky filthy rich. > > Brian > > From <http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=DonatedComputers> > > Q. What does the donor need to do to donate a PC with the operating > system? > > A. PC owners have to transfer their license rights to the operating > system to your school along with the PC. They may do so as specified in > their End-User License Agreement (received at the time of purchase) as > part of a permanent sale or transfer of the PC. > > Q. What if the donor can't find the backup CDs, End-Use License > Agreement, End-User manual and the Certificate of Authenticity? Can they > still donate the PC and operating system? > > A. Microsoft recommends that educational institutions only accept > computer donations that are accompanied by proper operating system > documentation. If the donor cannot provide this documentation, it is > recommended that you decline the donated PC(s). > _________________________________________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
