Vanguard wrote:

> "Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:11rkm1sn55qut09@news.supernews.com...
>
>> "Vanguard" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.net> wrote
>>
>>> can buy it with a power cord. The license is tied to that qualifying
>>> hardware. The EULA never states that the qualifying hardware's
>>> license gets
>>
>>
>> Erm, I believe an OEM version is tied to the first *computer* that
>> it's installed on...
>
>
>
> It is tied to the qualifying hardware. Read the EULA. Mine says:
>
> "This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between
> you (either an individual or a single legal entity) and the manufacturer
> ("Manufacturer") of the computer system or computer system component
> ("HARDWARE") with which you acquired the Microsoft software product(s)
> identified on the Certificate of Authenticity ("COA") affixed to the
> HARDWARE or on the associated product documentation ("SOFTWARE")."
>
> "The term "COMPUTER" as used herein shall mean the HARDWARE, if the
> HARDWARE is a single computer system, or shall mean the computer system
> with which the HARDWARE operates, if the HARDWARE is a computer system
> component."
>

Then how do you explain that generic OEMs are sold in Spain legally
without any hardware to be tied to?

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