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Hi Rob, On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:41:41AM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm a member of the Torbay & South Devon Freecycle list and I noticed > recently there has been a request from someone for a Windows XP Disc & > license key. Now I have the feeling that they have not much chance of > getting XP unless someone is willing to give away a retail boxed copy > (these are the only ones where the licence is transferable to another > machine). I think that once used, Microsoft say it's not legal to transfer. But it's not been proven in court. > Now I was thinking, would it be okay to give away some Ubuntu & OpenDisc > CDs on Freecycle? I think in reality in both cases it will be totally down to the opinion of the admin for that group. I have seen some very arbitrary rules imposed, and there doesn't really appear to be any standard appeal mechanism. Best of luck! Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB
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