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The old trick of buying an OEM copy of Windows (instead of paying full retail) when you were not an OEM building a computer to be sold to others was just as "il

The old trick of buying an OEM copy of Windows (instead of paying full retail) when you were not an OEM building a computer to be sold to others was just as "illegal".

detaro 5y ago
That wasn't "illegal" at all in jurisdictions that recognize the first-sale doctrine for licenses (e.g. the EU)
- GeekyBear 5y ago
  It violated the EULA. I don't recall anyone, including well known retailers selling the OEM version of Windows to home users, caring about it.
  - detaro 5y ago
    It violated a legally void clause of the EULA. Do you have a source that the VM-related restrictions are equally void?