[mythtv-users] NACAT Software now available

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 02/26/2008 10:32 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>> Vmware is free, and you may have a derivative Windows license due to
>> purchasing a machine.
>
> Just make sure you read the license agreement that came with that
> derivative Windows license.  I am not a lawyer, but I have seen a / 
> lot/
> of Microsoft's statements about how certain actions are in direct
> violation of certain license agreements they use...

Agreed. I know that the Vista license specifically prohibits running  
in a virtual environment unless you have purchased the top-price  
product for example. AFAIK there is no such restriction on XP.

Whether the license that came with a machine with Windows pre- 
installed can be transferred to another machine or not is also open to  
question.

It just bugs me to know I have payed for many Windows licenses I have  
never used and will never use. Great marketing.

The copy I'm running under vmware was purchased as a standalone OS, so  
I'm pretty sure I am legal. Like it or not M$ has a right to impose  
whatever license they wish, my recourse is to not use it if I don't  
like it.

Another reason to use Linux, the GPL is pretty straightforward.

beww