[wellylug] Windows on Linux

[Ian Sterling]

Does this mean that every time I use my mediabox via VNC that I need
another fsckin' license for my pissant laptop, too?

That's teh skuc!

--Ian...


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:23:23 -0700 (PDT), Wood Brent <pcreso at pcreso.com> wrote:
> 
> > I think it applies to that too - anything that displays a Windows
> > desktop needs a Windows Licence (of the appropriate type).
> 
> I need to check the latest version, but a while back I found that if you had
> Windows running somewhere, & connected to it via VNC or PC Anywhere, etc, an MS
> licence was required on BOTH bits of hardware. The licence is tied to the
> hardware pretty tightly, esp an OEM licence.
> 
> Anyone got more recent knowledge?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Brent
> 
> 
> 
> 
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