Quoting ger (gerdono at eircom.net):
> It is illegal to sell/donate/transfer ownership of a PC without passing on
> any OEM software which was originally supplied with it.
Please cite the statute. EU, Ireland, or other.
Here's a scenario, among others, that you're asserting is against some
unspecified law: User purchases a computer with mandatory bundled OEM
software. Having no use for it, he has a jolly bonfire to destroy it in
toto. At the end of the year, feeling generous, he donates the machine
to a school, loaded with a Debian desktop configuration.
You say this action is illegal. I'd be very surprised if that weren't
in error.
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