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On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 20:13 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > >> > > if its the same machine is one actually transfering the licence? If I > > need XP, but don't have a disc and then download it from pirate bay and > > use the licence on the box (I've done this a few times and it's worked) > > isn't it legal as its the licence that's been bought, not a particular > > (identical) instance of the software? > > > Yes it is transferring it, as the VirtualBox machine is classed as a > completely separate PC. It's the same as how you can't run multiple > copies of Windows under the same license at once. Of course it doesn't > mean it can't be done, my Acer specific copy of Vista Home Premium works > in VirtualBox without activation, but it doesn't make it legal as > technically VirtualBox isn't an Acer PC, it's a virtual machine (which I > guess passes some of the code from the BIOS through to the virtual machine). > > Rob > > > I actually meant installing XP to the whole PC, not to a virtual one. In such a case the licence isn't being transferred. Though in this case as I seem to remember the PC was described as making spitting noises all this may be academic. edubuntu and crossover/wine is probably the way to go. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html