A Few More Appointments

[drplokta]

bohemiancost is Minion i/c Mandating Apple Computers.
frostfox is Minion i/c Creative Speling.
colaescent is Minion i/c Genres.
jhaelan is Minion i/c Minions, having convinced me that Minions can be considered to be a foodstuff.
smofbabe is Minion i/c Bagels.
yonmei is Minion i/c Slash.
swisstone has been promoted from Minion i/c Railways to Minion i/c Transport. armb needs to talk to him about cycling facilities.

The Minions i/c Tea, Potatoes, Cheese, Coffee, Transport, Mandating Apple Computers and Brassica/Legumes are doing good work -- keep it up. The Minion i/c Not Being Devoured by Cthulhoid Entities may have a tricky job on his hands. All other Minions are expected to legislate very soon.

Comments

Windows EULA

[libertango.livejournal.com]

"(Y)ou went on to raise the issue of transferring operating systems between machines. As this is not allowed under the Windows EULA for most copies of Windows..."

Depends on one's definition of "most". From the standard Windows XP EULA:

"13. SOFTWARE TRANSFER. Internal. You may move the Software
to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer,
you must completely remove the Software from the former
Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The
initial user of the Software may make a one-time
permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another
end user, provided the initial user retains no copies of
the Software. This transfer must include all of the
Software (including all component parts, the media and
printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, and, if
applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). The
transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a
consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user
receiving the Software must agree to all the EULA terms."

So, if one assumes that "most" installations of Windows are not XP, you may be correct.

However, given that XP has been the only version available for sale since October 2001, this seems unlikely. (Well, OK... I think Windows 2000 has also been available for some large customers.)

Re: Windows EULA

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Most installations of Windows are OEM, and you can't transfer those. That's the standard EULA. Anyway, this is getting away from the essentially trivial.