Alan, I was not aware either that it was copyright theft to use another CD with your original license.
Infact, i thought the following was true: ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf According to this, any PC that isn't brand new that you are performing a reinstall on is classed as a refurbished PC. >From the file: >http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf A new Windows license is not required for a refurbished PC that has: (1) The original Certificate of Authenticity (COA) for a Windows operating system affixed to the PC, and (2) The original recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC. Therefore it is legal to install Windows from another disk? On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Michael G Fletcher <mich...@ilovemylinux.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Please accept my apologies, I posted to the list as I reckoned most > were experienced computer users and would probably have an old copy of > windows floating around which they were no longer using seeing as they > were Ubuntu users. > > Alan, please note I was not fully aware of the copyright issues and > thought that having an original Registration Code would be enough to > cover this. I am firm believer against copyright theft, and am now > better educated. > > Sorry again for the OT posting and very irrelevant posting! > > Have a lovely weekend in the sun > --Michael > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
