[cap-talk] Concrete application, WebCVOS

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 02:39 +0100, David Hopwood wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > We already know.  The entry-level licenses for Windows Vista exclude
> > running the OS inside a virtual machine:
> > 
> > http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193303429
> 
> This is something that the EU Competition Commission and/or
> US Department of Justice should stamp on, IMHO; the sooner the better.
> It's clearly anticompetitive.

The EULA is very clear. It states that:

   You cannot run the software **installed on the licensed device**
   within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system**.

What this means is that the copy of Windows that shipped with your
machine is only licensed to run on the machine itself. This does not
preclude purchasing a second copy of Windows to run in a virtual
environment.

Various voices at Microsoft have attempted to "clarify" the EULA to mean
that you are not permitted to run the cheaper versions of Vista in a
virtualized environment. Regardless of what these people believe, the
EULA says what the EULA says.

shap
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Jonathan S. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Managing Director
The EROS Group, LLC