[X4U] Boot Camp [A]

[Stroller]

On 9 Aug 2006, at 19:47, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Stroller said:
>
>>> I'm afraid that your analogy doesn't work at all.  In your  
>>> example you
>>> aren't purchasing a "license" for birdseed. You are actually
>>> purchasing
>>> birdseed.  The label on the bag that says "birdseed" does not  
>>> create a
>>> license. A license has to be specifically created...
>>
>> Indeed. That was kind of my point, so sorry if it was too contrived
>> to be clear.
>>
>> The title "Original Equipment Manufacturer" does not make a contract
>> between you & Microsoft, prohibiting you as an end-user from
>> installing the OEM version.
>
>
> The title "OEM version" puts a purchaser on notice that this isn't a
> retail version of the software.  If a user purchases an OEM version of
> software from another party, not the OEM, they do so at their own  
> peril
> if they don't investigate the license that that software came with.

Indeed. And it is that license we have been discussing.

But saying "title `OEM version' makes it unethical to use that  
software, even if you conform to the license terms" is taking it a  
bit far, don't you think?

Stroller.