Donald L McDaniel

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:56:53 -0400, "Eddy" <_blank_@ddress.internet.net>
wrote:

>You found the loophole.
>
>"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
>news:ezN3LM78GHA.4572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> John Barnes wrote:
>>> It is poorly written anyway. Looks like a junior law clerk. Says the
>>> initial user may only make a one-time transfer. Since they have no
>>> license how could they possibly make another legal transfer.
>>> Says the transferree has to accept the EULA. What does the transferree
>>> care if the original user can only make a single transfer. Doesn't
>>> technically say anything about what the transferree can do with his
>>> license.
>>
>> Maybe the trick here would be, then, for all of us to buy Vista and then
>> swap, whereupon we would all become transferrees who can do as we like
>> with our Vista and its license? ;-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Daze

You forget one thing: The License is entered into by TWO persons: the
holder of the License (or non-license), and the ISSUER of the License, and
if we break the terms of the license, Microsoft would no longer be bound by
the terms of the license either, and could then deny us activation or
upgrades, at their pleasure.

A broken license is NO license, my friend.
Since it is only possible to use the software legally by holding an
effective license, we would then open ourselves up to litigation by
Microsoft's Legal team (and their bottomless warchest), as well as to
prosecution by the authorities as lawbreakers.

Sorry, bud, but you found NO "loophole".
You opened a can of worms, instead.

Donald
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