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[ILUG] It's "illegal" to remove Windows from your PC !!

[ILUG] It's "illegal" to remove Windows from your PC !!

Ronan Cunniffe ronan at cunniffe.net
Wed May 1 22:03:36 IST 2002


Quoting Liam Bedford <lbedford at lbedford.org>:

> On Wed, 01 May 2002 17:08:33 +0100
> ger <gerdono at eircom.net> blurted in message
> 5.1.0.14.0.20020501165331.009f7ec0 at mail1.tinet.ie:
> 
> 
> > As you can state you did not agree with the EULA, Hit i do not agree 
> > removed software and burned it.thus you are not bound by it.
> > 
> > However i would not like to test this situation.
> > You donate/sell your old system without its OEM Software. You load named 
> > software on your new system which came with no software to keep its price
> 
> > down. It the process of installing the software you must press I agree 
> > which means you agree to abide by the terms of EULA.
> > 
> > This would stand up.

Can I just point out something really, really relevant?

That the penalty for *violating* the EULA is....
....that your license to use Windows is terminated!

Ronan.





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