Comments on: Vista? Think twice..then don’t think Again http://www.av8ur.com/archives/2006/11/18/vista-think-twicethen-dont-think-again/ my thoughts & feelings, but generally just my tyrades Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1-beta1 By: Brandon Jaynes http://www.av8ur.com/archives/2006/11/18/vista-think-twicethen-dont-think-again/#comment-4497 Brandon Jaynes Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:00:15 +0000 http://www.av8ur.com/archives/2006/11/18/vista-think-twicethen-dont-think-again/#comment-4497 The word "assignment" has a special meaning in contracts. You aren't reinstalling the software on another computer, you are actually "giving" your license away. If you were to upgrade your computer with all new hardware, you wouldn't be reassigning your license to a new device. You would be reinstalling it, sure, but you would still be the "first owner" and would not be assigning your rights to the software to any other person. Basically, Microsoft was saying that once you give away your rights to install the software to someone else, you can't turn around and do it again to a third person. The new language, if they did change it, only cleared up any questionable language (and I agree it is questionable), but if you re-read it, it says essentially the same thing. The word “assignment” has a special meaning in contracts. You aren’t reinstalling the software on another computer, you are actually “giving” your license away. If you were to upgrade your computer with all new hardware, you wouldn’t be reassigning your license to a new device. You would be reinstalling it, sure, but you would still be the “first owner” and would not be assigning your rights to the software to any other person.

Basically, Microsoft was saying that once you give away your rights to install the software to someone else, you can’t turn around and do it again to a third person. The new language, if they did change it, only cleared up any questionable language (and I agree it is questionable), but if you re-read it, it says essentially the same thing.

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