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Gene E. Bloch
Flightless Bird
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:57:28 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:58:06 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12
7:11 -0700, "Andrew"
>><yogig@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:bu4fr55v8fbjfvcritt319cjhqm4iujr8j@4ax.com...
>>> > On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:451 +0100, npx@no.spam wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I have Win 7 Home Premium with 32 bit and 64 bit CDs, but only one
>>> >> activation key. Can I have, on just one computer, a w7 32 bit
>>> >> partition, and a w7 64 bit partition, dual boot system, using just one
>>> >> activation key? That would save buying another copy.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > No. You have two DVDs because you have the choice of using one *or*
>>> > the other. However you bought only a single license, and you may not
>>> > use both.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I am going to test this out this week.
>>> I believe it can be done and both can be activated.
>>
>>
>>The issue is not what *can* be done, it's what *may* be done. Doing
>>this is a violation of the EULA.
>
> Just wondering out loud, I wonder what percentage of people care what
> the EULA says? I suppose we'll never know, but I suspect that most
> people don't read EULA's very closely and simply rely on their own
> morals to decide right from wrong.
>
>>Can *you* do it and get away with the violation? I don't know; perhaps
>>you can. Perhaps you can get away with robbing a bank too. That
>>doesn't make it OK to do it.
>
> Violating a sentence in a EULA is hardly on a level with robbing a
> bank.
For sure. You can do it without a ski mask...
--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
> On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:58:06 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12
7:11 -0700, "Andrew">><yogig@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:bu4fr55v8fbjfvcritt319cjhqm4iujr8j@4ax.com...
>>> > On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:45
1 +0100, npx@no.spam wrote:>>> >
>>> >> I have Win 7 Home Premium with 32 bit and 64 bit CDs, but only one
>>> >> activation key. Can I have, on just one computer, a w7 32 bit
>>> >> partition, and a w7 64 bit partition, dual boot system, using just one
>>> >> activation key? That would save buying another copy.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > No. You have two DVDs because you have the choice of using one *or*
>>> > the other. However you bought only a single license, and you may not
>>> > use both.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I am going to test this out this week.
>>> I believe it can be done and both can be activated.
>>
>>
>>The issue is not what *can* be done, it's what *may* be done. Doing
>>this is a violation of the EULA.
>
> Just wondering out loud, I wonder what percentage of people care what
> the EULA says? I suppose we'll never know, but I suspect that most
> people don't read EULA's very closely and simply rely on their own
> morals to decide right from wrong.
>
>>Can *you* do it and get away with the violation? I don't know; perhaps
>>you can. Perhaps you can get away with robbing a bank too. That
>>doesn't make it OK to do it.
>
> Violating a sentence in a EULA is hardly on a level with robbing a
> bank.
For sure. You can do it without a ski mask...
--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom