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 ) id 1I8d4f-00057O-Kd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:21:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6BEK1Ul018142; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:20:01 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6BEAQVw003049 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:10:27 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so130497ugf for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:10:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=oRza2ees1YhcOVvk5t3uCuTfy5A8hoJd4G2c3lbJhqP2l33in3cOQ3mSzPF9nkAlvydUNaihaAPJ0jBDiQYguDlczwdTBGsmy4j87DCtKeXI+uGnqRSkLv0lGJm+WwRLXjyw6B8PoTG2EptU1ZVfSVvDEWh62I+h8KHgU74SsCc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=LMmtpBmuEfHkv42diX532OAcSiEyAZFw0e9yi+YUdQVSPDH2YIHFVtkXr0bsNbPH9e2CBF5M4ecoix1Bn0GsXyJIAq2aqC8YCYPRnSLdUoAhKJlgS99WW8HryIISTslEz2VPDoySMdgUVNhLvhixT6Sh8suUQYBd2ZHlG02pBrs= Received: by 10.67.22.2 with SMTP id z2mr488663ugi.1184163027542; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:10:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy ( [86.156.30.195]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m1sm628319uge.2007.07.11.07.10.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:10:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo? Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:09:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <46945112.7040808@geographic.net> <1184134468.6875.107.camel@orpheus> In-Reply-To: <1184134468.6875.107.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2211619.TttxPARGDp"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200707111509.58535.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: f314862e-43b6-489a-812a-6d21d52c25e6 X-Archives-Hash: 33287e8866d8f932c85a414868f91037 --nextPart2211619.TttxPARGDp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 11 July 2007 07:14, Iain Buchanan wrote: > 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 possibl= e, > > > 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. Does this mean that if my hypothetical imaginary friend were to install Vis= ta=20 on VMWare (I assume that this is VMWare Workstation, not VMWare Player,=20 right?) and take a snapshot of it, then it will always stay active? Or wil= l=20 Vista fire up, read the current date and use that to determine if the trial= =20 period has expired? Just curious. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2211619.TttxPARGDp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGlOSt5Fp0QerLYPcRAk8IAJ9CcBpcOybnX5D8i6BeUsrT8fgrvQCfdyJZ 0XRlqZvjpGH/8ubnYQfM/7o= =kIxL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2211619.TttxPARGDp-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list