Hello, hermes!
This is my point. I own a copy of XP. I'm just thinking of selling the
CD's.
There are places on the internet to download an ISO of their version of PE
(free of charge) so you can burn to CD. Are they allowed to do this?
You wrote on Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:49:52 -0500:
h> Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, Mike Brannigan
h> [MSFT] typed:
??>> ??>>> Hello, All!
??>>> It's a shame MS won't make the PE version freely available. I'd buy
??>>> a copy in a flash. I found a program called PE builder to build your
??>>> version using
??>>> XP or 2003. If I created my own version, would it be legal? If so,
??>>> could I sell copies (even if only to cover costs of CDs, P & P
etc.)?
??>>>
??>>> With best regards, Lindsay. E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
??>>>
??>> Lindsay,
??>>
??>> PE Builder (BartPE) is a third party tool kit that produces a
??>> bootable CD using either files from Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft
??>> Windows Server 2003.
??>> Since to do this you need to have these files you cannot build BartPE
??>> CDs and sell them as you will be selling illegal and unlicensed
??>> copies of Windows.
??>>
??>> The supplier themselves has addressed many of the legal questions at
??>>
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#legal
??>>
??>> --
??>> Regards,
??>>
??>> Mike
h> Mike, I was wondering. Is selling or giving away copies of these CDs
h> without any product key in violation of the license agreement? I
always
h> thought that the CDs and the licenses were separate.
??>> ??>>> Hello, All!
??>>> It's a shame MS won't make the PE version freely available. I'd buy
??>>> a copy in a flash. I found a program called PE builder to build your
??>>> version using
??>>> XP or 2003. If I created my own version, would it be legal? If so,
??>>> could I sell copies (even if only to cover costs of CDs, P & P
etc.)?
??>>>
??>>> With best regards, Lindsay. E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
With best regards, Lindsay. E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
