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OEM licenses are tied to the hardware that they were originally sold with and cannot be transferred. These licenses would not pass an audit.
by anoraca 6y ago
OEM licenses are tied to the hardware that they were originally sold with and cannot be transferred. These licenses would not pass an audit.
- Tuna-Fish 6y agoNot in EU they are not, because doing that is not legal.
- anoraca 6y agoDo you have a reference for that? Does Microsoft continue to sell OEM licenses in the EU?
- gambiting 6y agoThey do, but you are legally allowed to sell them on. Yes, the licence forbids that, but it's not enforceable and is meaningless. Courts have decided many times that software licences are like any other asset and yes, you can sell them on. There's a full summary of the legal situation(in Polish, but I'm sure google translate will manage), with legal documents supporting it(it's actually been going on in early forms since 2000, but it's the ruling from 2012 that has cemented your right as a consumer to sell on software, regardless of whether the manufacturer allows it or not) https://www.forscope.pl/blog/gwarancja-legalnego-oprogramowania/ https://www.forscope.pl/blog/gwarancja-legalnego-oprogramowa...
- berdario 6y agoIANAL, but if the license is illegal, it wouldn't mean that it's illegal to sell a product under such a license. It would just mean that enforcing all terms of that license would be impossible.
- numpad0 6y agoNothing prevents you from writing an illegal contract, even enforce it a bit. Laws needs to be enforced to have an effect.
- hahajk 6y agoThe person you’re responding to is saying that such licenses are not legal in the EU.