VMWare / Wine

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>>   I admit I'm not [a lawyer], 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.
> 
> I don't think so.  Perhaps if you used Microsoft Virtual PC?

No, that would satisfy Microsoft, but Canadian law doesn't have the same
sorts of restrictions that US law has (as the RIAA and others have been
complaining).  We don't have legal support for DRM, and we have _explicit_
rights to copy audio and video recordings (that we own) for our personal
use.  While I don't know of case law to back up the use of software in a
situation like this, it's certainly analogous and I feel on very safe
ground to assume I'd win if MS wanted to try to take me to a Canadian
court.  After all, I haven't made more copies of the software than MS's
EULA tells me I can make AND I'm running it on exactly the same hardware.
-- 
derek