VMWare / Wine

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>> 
>>> Patton Echols wrote:
>>>
>>>   Again, this is probably one of those things
>>>> that is obvious once you have worked with it even a little bit, I've
>>>> been reading but have not attempted to do either.  I had mostly
>>>> concluded from reading that the VMWare route was the better choice, but
>>>> since it takes more setup,
>>> no, it does not. The setup is extremely simply and also well explained
>>> on the ubuntu wiki.
>> 
>> I would agree.  I finally switched my one app from Wine (horribly
>> difficult
>> to keep working, though it did work) to vmware.  Now, I'll have to
>> recreate my vmware virtual disk every month, I think, because it won't
>> accept my perfectly valid (OEM) Windows license, but that's less hassle
>> than Wine.
> 
> It is not legally valid, since you're not using it directly with the
> hardware it was sold with.
> 
Yes, I am using it _directly_ with the hardware it was sold with.  Are you a
lawyer?  I admit I'm not, but my reading of Canadian law tells me I'm very
well within my rights to use an OEM licensed version of Windows on the same
hardware for which that license was issued.  The fact that there's an
emulation layer between that OS and the hardware makes no difference at
all.  It _might_ make a difference in the US, where copyright law can be
_much_ more restrictive.
-- 
derek