From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-66465-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1I8VY3-0005nA-Vn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:19:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6B6ITmQ005901; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:18:29 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out2.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6B6EEp5001151 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:14:15 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF8868B31 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:14:11 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo? From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <46945112.7040808@geographic.net> References: <BRAKAMteZyVsWHpeqdl00003858@mx1.lockdownnetworks.com> <46945112.7040808@geographic.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:44:28 +0930 Message-Id: <1184134468.6875.107.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f113f4c9-c4b0-4d36-ad26-46e9c537d395 X-Archives-Hash: 08cb50253d657fe2dcf58bd655202035 On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 23:40 -0400, C Lee Davis wrote: > Daevid Vincent wrote: > > Why does everyone always assume people are pirates or in search of > > warez. I don't see why someone couldn't put up a copy of XP or Vista or > > whatever that is unactivated, yet all installed and ready to go > > (everything but the CPU is emulated in VMWare, so it could be possible, > > and even the XP CPU is a generic x86 compatible, not like it's optimized > > AFAIK). Then one could just plop in their key to activate it for reals > > to get "WGA certifed". > > > Because, as far as I can tell (and IANAL), that would be illegal. I don't have > a license to distribute Windows XP. hm, don't know about the distribution side, but you can sure install any version of Vista you like, from the one Vista DVD without a license / activation. Only the one you have a license for can run for more than 30 days (or some number) though. -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Better tried by twelve than carried by six. -- Jeff Cooper -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list