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Geen virtualization met Vista

30 October 2006 in TechnologieComments Off

Uit de end-user-licentie (EULA) voor Vista Home Basic en Vista Home Premium:

4. USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system.

Uit de EULA voor Vista Business en Vista Ultimate:

6. USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system on the licensed device. If you do so, you may not play or access content or use applications protected by any Microsoft digital, information or enterprise rights management technology or other Microsoft rights management services or use BitLocker. We advise against playing or accessing content or using applications protected by other digital, information or enterprise rights management technology or other rights management services or using full volume disk drive encryption.

Of in plat Nederlands: run MS Office in een VMware omgeving en open een document voorzien van MS DRM en je bent fucked. Nice!

Ook leuk: als je Vista Retail koopt (de dure bukt-u-even editie dus!), dan kun je die licentie 1 keer op een andere computer gebruiken. Dus install het dure pakket nu op je eerste computer, bouw vervolgens een nieuwe en installeer Vista en het is game over. Fun!

a. Software Other than Windows Anytime Upgrade. The first user of the software may reassign the license to another device one time. If you reassign the license, that other device becomes the “licensed device.”
b. Windows Anytime Upgrade Software. The first user of the software may reassign the license to another device one time, but only if the license terms of the software you upgraded from allows reassignment.
Ook leuk:

9. MICROSOFT .NET BENCHMARK TESTING. The software includes one or more components of the .NET Framework 3.0 (“.NET Components”). You may conduct internal benchmark testing of those components. You may disclose the results of any benchmark test of those components, provided that you comply with the conditions set forth at http://go.microsoft/fwlink/?LinkID=66406.

Zo … meer EULA fun vind je hier.